VANDAL


Meaning of VANDAL in English

■ noun

1》 a person who deliberately destroys or damages public or private property.

2》 ( Vandal ) a member of a Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, Rome, and North Africa in the 4th–5th centuries.

Derivatives

~ism noun

~istic adjective

~istically adverb

Origin

from L. Vandalus , of Gmc origin.

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