"vandal" Definition

Definitions for the word "vandal" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Alt. of Vandalic
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Person who wilfully or maliciously damages property. vandalism n. [vandals, name of a germanic people that sacked rome and destroyed works of art in the 5th c.: latin from germanic]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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