1. [n]  a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
2. [n]  a member of an uncivilized people
3. [adj]  without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"

1. \Bar*ba"ri*an\, n. [See {Barbarous}.]
   1. A foreigner. [Historical]
   
            Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I
            shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he
            that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. --? Cor.
                                                  xiv. 11.
   
   2. A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
   
   3. A person destitute of culture. --M. Arnold.
   
   4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or
      humanity. ``Thou fell barbarian.'' --Philips.
   
   

2. \Bar*ba"ri*an\, a.
   Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude;
   uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
   
   

a Greek word used in the New Testament (Rom. 1:14) to denote one of another nation. In Col. 3:11, the word more definitely designates those nations of the Roman empire that did not speak Greek. In 1 Cor. 14:11, it simply refers to one speaking a different language. The inhabitants of Malta are so called (Acts 28:1,2, 4). They were originally a Carthaginian colony. This word nowhere in Scripture bears the meaning it does in modern times.