1. A member of a people considered by those of another nation or group to have a primitive civilization. 2. A fierce, brutal or cruel person. 3. An insensitive, uncultured person; boor.
Barbarian was a word coined by the Greeks to describe non-Hellenic (non-Greek-speaking) peoples. It allegedly came from a saying that they could not understand them - their words sounded like...
It's impossible to say who actually were the first barbarians. Today we consider "barbarians" people who are primitive or to our way of thinking, uncivilized. However the original word translated as...