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Barbarian

A foreigner.

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Cannibal 76% connected

A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.

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Man-eater 76% connected

One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a ti…

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Vandal 76% connected

One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome…

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Primitive 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.

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Savage 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

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Savage 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

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Boor 92% connected

A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.

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Churl 92% connected

A rustic; a countryman or laborer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Goth 92% connected

One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an impor…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Peasant 92% connected

A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Savage 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tike 92% connected

A tick. See 2d Tick.

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Tyke 92% connected

See 2d Tike.

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Uncivilized 92% connected

Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa.

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Wild 92% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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