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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Goth \Goth\, n. [L. Gothi, pl.; cf Gr ?] 1. (Ethnol.) One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire. Note: Under the reign of Valens they took possession of Dacia (the modern Transylvania and the adjoining regions), and came to be known as Ostrogoths and Visigoths, or East and West Goths; the former inhabiting countries on the Black Sea up to the Danube, and the latter on this river generally. Some of them took possession of the province of Moesia, and hence were called Moesogoths Others who made their way to Scandinavia, at a time unknown to history, are sometimes styled Suiogoths 2. One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person. --Chesterfield. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Goth n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: {peasant}, {barbarian}, {boor}, {churl}, {Goth}, {tyke}, {tike}] 2: one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries [syn: {Goth}]
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