LekhoriLekhoriA non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.
Then the lords of the Philiſtines gathered them together, for to offer a great ſacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to reioyce; for they ſaid, Our god hath deliuered Samſon our enemy into our hand.
An opponent (of the speaker, writer, etc); an enemy, a foe.
In very truth what could poor old Abbot Hugo do? A frail old man; and the Philistines were upon him,—that is to say, the Hebrews.
A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.
Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.
The noun is derived from Middle English Philistyne, Philisten [and other forms], from Old English Filistina (genitive plural), from Old French Philistin (modern French Philistin) and Late Latin Philis...
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Alternative letter-case form of philistine (“ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes”).
[Robert] Walpole, moreover, left England not only more corrupt than he found it, but crasser and more Philistine.
Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.
[Robert] Walpole, moreover, left England not only more corrupt than he found it, but crasser and more Philistine.