barbarian
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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
For instance, the Fertile Crescent, China, and Europe differed in their exposure to the perennial threat of barbarian invasions by horse-mounted pastoral nomads of Central Asia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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