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Definition of Philistine

Philistine
Philistine Phi*lis"tine, n. [L. Philistinus, Heb. Phlishth[=i], pl. Phlishth[=i]m.] 1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine. 2. A bailiff. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] --Swift. 3. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests. [Recent] --M. Arnold.
Philistine
Philistine Phi*lis"tine, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Philistines. 2. Uncultured; commonplace.

Meaning of Philistine from wikipedia

- The Philistines (Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים, romanized: Pəlištīm; LXX: Koinē Gr****: Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím; Latin: Philistaei) were an ancient...
- Look up Philistine or philistine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Philistines were a people who once occupied the south-western part of Canaan....
- The Philistines (Russian: Мещане, romanized: Meshchane) is the debut play by Maxim Gorky written in 1901. It was first published by Znaniye in 1902, subtitled:...
- The Philistine language (/ˈfɪləstiːn, ˈfɪləstaɪn, fəˈlɪstən, fəˈlɪstiːn/) is the extinct language of the Philistines. Very little is known about the language...
- who, sent by Philistine officials to entice him, orders a servant to cut his hair while he is sleeping and turns him over to the Philistines, who gouge...
- deprecates art, beauty, spirituality, and intellect. As a derogatory term, philistine describes a person who is narrow-minded and hostile to the life of the...
- for a time, Jaffa (part of present-day Tel Aviv). Scholars believe the Philistines were made up of people of an Aegean background that from roughly 1200...
- The Museum of Philistine Culture (Hebrew: המוזיאון לתרבות הפלשתים ע"ש קורין ממן) is an archaeological museum in Ashdod (Israel). The museum is dedicated...
- occasionally known as the Lord of the Flies, is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron. In some Abrahamic religions he is described...
- Goliath (/ɡəˈlaɪəθ/ gə-LY-əth) is a Philistine giant in the Book of Samuel. Descriptions of Goliath's immense stature vary among biblical sources, with...