Visigoths

UK
/ˈvɪzɪɡɒθs/
US
/ˈvɪzɪɡɑθs/

Translations

Visigothnoun

Visigoths

pl

Visigoths
pl
UK
/ˈvɪzɪɡɒθ/
US
/ˈvɪzɪɡɑθ/
The Visigoth was a member of the western branches of the Goths.
Вестгот был членом западных ветвей готов.
Visigothproper noun

Visigoths

Used chiefly in the plural "Visigoths" to denote the people collectively.

Definitions

Visigothnoun
A member of the western branches of the Goths, a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe.
The Visigoths were instrumental in the sacking of Rome in 410 AD.
A person who is perceived as barbaric or uncivilized, often used metaphorically.
He stormed into the meeting like a Visigoth, disrupting the entire agenda.
Visigothproper noun
The Visigoths; the western branch of the Goths who established kingdoms in Gaul and Hispania in late antiquity.
The Visigoths conquered much of the Iberian Peninsula in the 5th century.