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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

야만인

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yamanin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Barbarian/bɑːrˈbɛəri.ən/
nounadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그들은 외부인들을 야만인이라 부르며 무시했다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A member of a community or tribe not belonging to one of the great civilizations (such as ancient Greece, Rome, or Christian Europe).

    "The Roman legions defended the northern borders of the empire against invading tribes of barbarians."
  2. 2

    An uncivilized, brutal, or uncultured person.

    "He apologized for his crude table manners, joking that he sometimes acted like an absolute barbarian."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek word barbaros, an onomatopoeic term imitating the incomprehensible speech of foreigners ('bar-bar'). Passed through Latin barbarus into Old French before entering Middle English in the 14th century, initially denoting anyone who was not Greek or Roman, and later evolving to mean a person regarded as primitive, uncivilized, or brutally crude.

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