goth

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GOTH, noun One of an ancient and distinguished tribe or nation, which inhabited Scandinavia, now Sweden and Norway, whose language is now retained in those countries, and a large portion of it is found in English. 1. One rude or uncivilized; a barbarian. 2. A rude ignorant person.
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