Barbaran (c.1170)
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Barbaran (c.1170)

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  FEW:  barbarus 1,249b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: barbaran 1,834 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  barbaran  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

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1 demonym 'Berber', native or inhabitant of North Africa (considered as a foreign region): 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Aportez mes adubs qu'avez gardé meint an Ne crei ke ait meillors de ci qu'al flum Jordan, [...] Celes dorrai a Horn, sin iert plus seguran; Quant en iert cunréé, mat creindra Barbaran  1413
barbarie  barbarin  barbarisme 
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Barbaran