Vandal \Van"dal\, n. [L. Vandalus, Vandalius; of Teutonic
origin, and probably originally signifying, a wanderer. Cf.
Wander.]
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1. (Anc. Hist.) One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on
the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and
fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the
5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art
and literature.
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2. Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of
art or literature, or anything valluable.
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The Vandals of our isle,
Sworn foes to sense and law. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster] Vandal
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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biblioclast, bomber, brute, burner, cannibal, demolisher,
despoiler, destroyer, dynamitard, dynamiter, exterminator, hoodlum,
hooligan, hun, hyena, iconoclast, idol breaker, idoloclast, looter,
lout, man-eater, nihilist, pillager, plunderer, ravager, ruffian,
ruiner, savage, shark, spoiler, spoliator, syndicalist, terrorist,
tiger, wild man, wrecker
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Vandal \Van"dal\, n. [L. Vandalus, Vandalius; of Teutonic
origin, and probably originally signifying, a wanderer. Cf.
Wander.]
1. (Anc. Hist.) One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on
the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and
fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the
5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art
and literature.
2. Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of
art or literature.
The Vandals of our isle, Sworn foes to sense and
law. --Cowper.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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