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  • 51barbarian — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. foreigner, outsider, alien, savage; ruffian (See evildoer). adj. uncivilized, barbarous. See unconformity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Uncivilized] Syn. primitive, uncivilized, barbaric, barbarous,… …

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  • 52fierce — 1 Fierce, truculent, ferocious, barbarous, savage, inhuman, cruel, fell are comparable when they mean displaying fury or malignity in looks or in actions. Fierce is applied to men or to animals that inspire terror because of their menacing aspect …

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  • 53Naval mine — Polish wz. 08/39 contact mine. The protuberances around the top of the mine, called Hertz horns, are part of the detonation mechanism …

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  • 54John Rider (bishop) — John Rider (1562 1632) was a Latin lexicographer and from 1612 until 1632 Anglican Bishop of Killaloe.BiographyRider was born in 1562 at Carrington, then in Cheshire, and now in Greater Manchester.He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford. He was… …

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  • 55barbarian — barbarianism, n. /bahr bair ee euhn/, n. 1. a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person. 2. a person without culture, refinement, or education; philistine. 3. (loosely) a foreigner. 4. (in ancient and medieval periods) a. a non… …

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  • 56rude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. barbarous, crude, primitive, rough, rustic; harsh, rugged; coarse, uncouth; discourteous, uncivil, insolent. See vulgarity, courtesy, inelegance, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Boorish]… …

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  • 57Battle of the Standard — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Standard caption=Battlefield monument at gbmapping|SE360977 date=22 August 1138 place= Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire result=English victory combatant1=Kingdom of England… …

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  • 58barbarism — /bahr beuh riz euhm/, n. 1. a barbarous or uncivilized state or condition. 2. a barbarous act; something belonging to or befitting a barbarous condition. 3. the use in a language of forms or constructions felt by some to be undesirably alien to… …

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  • 59Anti-Irish sentiment — American political cartoon by Thomas Nast titled The Usual Irish Way of Doing Things , depicting a drunken Irishman lighting a powder keg and swinging a bottle. Published 1871 09 02 in Harper s Weekly …

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  • 60savage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wild, untamed, uncivilized, uncultivated; barbarous, ferocious, fierce, feral, cruel, rude; angry, enraged. See violence, malevolence, evildoer. Ant., civilized, gentle. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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