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Vandals - 3 dictionary results

van⋅dal

[van-dl]
–noun
1. (initial capital letter) a member of a Germanic people who in the 5th century a.d. ravaged Gaul and Spain, settled in Africa, and in a.d. 455 sacked Rome.
2. a person who willfully or ignorantly destroys or mars something beautiful or valuable.
–adjective
3. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Vandals.
4. imbued with or characterized by vandalism.

Origin:
1545–55; < LL Vandalus, Latinized tribal name
Van·dal   (vān'dl)   
n.  
  1. vandal One who willfully or maliciously defaces or destroys public or private property.
  2. A member of a Germanic people that overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and sacked Rome in 455.

[Latin Vandalus, Vandal, probably of Germanic origin.]
Van·dal'ic (vān-dāl'ĭk) adj.

Vandals

A people of northern Europe, known for their cruelty and destructiveness, who invaded the Roman Empire and plundered Rome itself in the fifth century.

Note: The term vandalism, meaning wanton destructiveness, comes from the name of the Vandals.
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