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Definition of: Philistine
(fi·lis′tin, -tēn, -tīn, fil′əs-) noun
1. One of a warlike race of ancient Philistia. 1 Sam. xvii 23.
2. An ignorant, narrow–minded person, devoid of culture and indifferent to art. [<F Philistin <LL Philistinus, plural Philistini <Gk. Philistinoi, Palaistinoi <Hebrew p'lishtim]
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