Bar*ba"ri*an, a. Of, or pertaining to,
or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as,
barbarian governments or nations.
Bar*ba"ri*an (?), n. [See
Barbarous.] 1. A foreigner.
[Historical]
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be
unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a
barbarian unto me.
1 Cor. xiv. 11.
2. A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized
state.
3. A person destitute of culture. M.
Arnold.
4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of
pity or humanity. "Thou fell barbarian." Philips.