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barbarian

[bahr-bair-ee-uhn] / bɑrˈbɛər i ən /




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He was no Churchillian defender of Western Christian civilization against the barbarian hordes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Coach Tom Flores fined the 6-foot-8 barbarian $1,000, and Philadelphia coach Dick Vermeil said he would have been harsher.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

The barbarian monarchs of the West sent hordes east—a counterinvasion we call the First Crusade.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

With a diving lesson from the Anjin, the barbarian, John Blackthorne.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2024

Miles and miles of monster and goblin barbarian.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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