Culture sets apart man from barbarian, but not in all regards. From LearnThat.org. [Mariana Fulger, Source: culture]
barbarian invaders. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Point of interest: Philip uses the term barbarian for a foreign king. From Wordnik.com. [American Chronicle] Reference
A desperate new appeal by the president of Georgia to stop what he calls barbarian behavior by Russia. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2008] Reference
Luckily, our favorite barbarian is a very pragmatic man. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Conan Chronicles 1 (The People of the Black Circle) - Robert E. Howard] Reference
Yep, that barbarian is definitely carrying a laser rifle. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Grading book covers] Reference
Captain, the one described as the barbarian is also listed here. From Wordnik.com. [Bread And Circuses] Reference
Similar swords, looks, and at the end, the barbarian is missing a hand. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
She must bind herself to a barbarian from the rogue world ... or face the destruction of her own!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
The origin of the word barbarian, barbarus, or ........, is unknown, and its primary sense can be only conjectured. From Wordnik.com. [The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny] Reference
Of course, I understand that the usage of the word barbarian here means an 'insensitive brute' as defined by the OED. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
The character I play at Aon, Akklanna the barbarian, is very dear to me, because she's an extract of my "strong" side. From Wordnik.com. [Aon 3 or the "strong" nathreee] Reference
Ko Yingh Varuk, a northern barbarian, is determined to leave his clan and venture into the civilized lands to the south. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-02-01] Reference
This barbarian was a most extraordinary character. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
Others think it stood for Bárbari -- barbarian, that is, unridden. From Wordnik.com. [Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome] Reference
The barbarian was the proverbial bull in the china-shop of western Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Mankind] Reference
The barbarian was a person or a nation without a spiritual sense in his values. From Wordnik.com. [The World Decision] Reference
He might be called a barbarian for his looks, but he knew humor when he heard it. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Indomitable]
My husband in the dress of a barbarian is a prince; you in the dress of a prince are a barbarian. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1] Reference
Shakespeare was described as a barbarian, whose works -- 'a huge dunghill '-- concealed some pearls. From Wordnik.com. [A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles] Reference
The barbarian is a brave man, truly, and it is his heart I shall have, living in the chest of my Prince. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Fearless]
If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian: and he that speaketh a barbarian to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 53: 1 Corinthians The Challoner Revision] Reference
Another time Pete might have taken exception to being called a barbarian, but just now he thought he was beginning to get the idea. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy]
He is self-effacing, offering to dance the 'barbarian' dance. From Wordnik.com. [A reverse survey meme sorta thing...] Reference
My use of the term "barbarian" was noted with alarm by two Greeks via email. From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth Hite's Journal] Reference
Remember, the 'barbarian' antics of the 'settlers' is the topic of this thread. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
There was a peculiar gold ornament halfburied in it, a kind of barbarian necklet. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Torc]
In early times, the word yi did not express the later-assumed "barbarian" context. From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
Many Han Chinese lived on frontier areas, and quite often served "barbarian" lords. From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
Their inhabitants, whether Hellenic or "barbarian," used Greek as a common language. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
He's the kind of barbarian that gets a "hard-on" by insulting those with whom he disagrees. From Wordnik.com. ["I did shift from being against the death penalty to thinking that if it has a significant deterrent effect it’s probably justified."] Reference
Firstly, your post aptly demsonstrates my point (and I've never seen a "barbarian" twitter!). From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
And however beautiful and finely made, no doubt they were 'barbarian' in Romano-British eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A Bishop of Chester?] Reference
Hid clearly approves of the the behaviour that Melanie Phillips has honestly characterised as 'barbarian'. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
What kind of barbarian colonial Philistine does not understand straightforward cricket journalism such as this?. From Wordnik.com. [English to English translation needed] Reference
On behalf of that heritage, I want to say for the record that I'm totally cool with being called a barbarian! (. From Wordnik.com. [zornhau: Kurtzhau and Zornhau on the road to Neverwhen] Reference
On the other hand, the "barbarian" ways of life also transformed the Chinese, a process Yu calls "barbarization.". From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
When it wasn't being ravaged by veritable dry disasters such as barbarian invasions, plagues and fires, Rome drowned. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
The Eastern Han organized a mixed army, including "barbarian" soldiers from Yuexi, Yizhou, and Yongchang to handle the rebellion. From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
The little addition about the huts of his tribe I used to question the prejudice that 'barbarian' people had no hygiene whatsoever. From Wordnik.com. [Sense of smell in historical fiction] Reference
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