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raakalainen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barbarian noun Historically, someone from outside Greek or Roman civilization, viewed by the Greeks and Romans as uncivilized.
  • brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
  • ogre noun A large, ugly, monstrous creature in folklore, known for its brutish strength and appetite for humans.
  • Turk noun A member of the Turkic-speaking peoples, or specifically an ethnic Turk from Anatolia.

Senses

raakalainen is used for these senses in English:

  • Turk (archaic) A bloodthirsty and savage person; vandal; barbarian. [from 16th c.]
  • barbarian An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; usually associated with senseless violence and self-harm or other such shows of brute force and lack of mental faculty.
  • brute A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted. [from 17th c.]
  • ogre (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.

barbarian — full definition

  1. noun Historically, someone from outside Greek or Roman civilization, viewed by the Greeks and Romans as uncivilized.
  2. noun A crude, uncultured, or brutally violent person.
  3. adj Uncivilized or savage in nature.

brute — full definition

  1. noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
  2. adjective Purely physical, with no reasoning or subtlety involved.

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