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Barbarians

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Originally those who could not speak Greek, and ultimately synonymous with the uncivilised and people without culture, particularly literary; this is the sense in which Matthew Arnold uses it.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Barbarians'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/barbarians.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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