A native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia

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• philistine — philistinism /fil euh stee niz euhm, stuy , fi lis teuh niz euhm, tee /, n. /fil euh steen , stuyn , fi lis tin, teen/, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits,… …   Universalium

• Philistine — noun Date: 14th century 1. a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia 2. often not capitalized a. a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values b. one uninformed in a special area of knowledge …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Philistine — Phi*lis tine, n. [L. Philistinus, Heb. Phlishth[=i], pl. Phlishth[=i]m.] 1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine. [1913 Webster] 2. A bailiff. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. A person… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Timeline of the name Palestine — This article presents a list of notable historical references to the name Palestine, and cognates such as Filastin and Palaestina, through the various time periods of the region. The term Peleset (transliterated from hieroglyphs as P r s t) is… …   Wikipedia

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