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A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own.
See Barbican.
Money paid for the support of a barbican.
See Barbicanage.
Of or pertaining to Barbados.
A native of Barbados.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
Alt. of Barbadoes
Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east.
Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.
The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.
Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture.
A foreigner.
A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
A person destitute of culture.
A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.
Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.
An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.
An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.