Definition of Philestine

Definition of Philestine

Philistine, the name given by the students in Germany to a non-university man of the middle-class, or a man without (university) culture, or of narrow views of things.

- Wikipedia

Phi*lis"tine (?), n. [L. Philistinus, Heb. Phlishthī, pl. Phlishthīm.] 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.

Phi*lis"tine, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Philistines.

2. Uncultured; commonplace.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment,
following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is
sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always
solemn.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A person who lacks appreciation of art or culture.
A person whose material means exceed his cultural and/or spiritual level.
An ignorant person.
A person from ancient Philistia.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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