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List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names

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in the 4th century, leading to mass migrations of Germanic tribes westward, and which established an empire extending into Europe in the 5th century, known for plundering wealthy Roman cities. In modern
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is a phrase meaning to ruin or spoil something in British English, and it is also used in some English-derived creoles like
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group, but whose current meaning has lost that connotation and does not imply any actual ethnicity or religion.
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A person who willfully and maliciously destroys property, from the East Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455.
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A crude person, lacking culture or refinement; an obsolete term, originally from the East Germanic tribe of
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A person of short stature (possibly in reference to certain hunter-gatherer peoples, such as the
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for styles considered archaic and barbaric. A separate sense refers to members of the current
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A person with an unconventional artistic lifestyle (originally meaning an inhabitant of
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A foreigner; especially used disparagingly against North Americans and Europeans in
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for high medieval architecture was originally a perjorative term used during the
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or government who prepares an international summit, particularly the annual
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A person indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values. From
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originate from Bohemia). Not used as an insult in most circumstances.
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A swindler; a racehorse owner; in Britain also a male servant at a
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A violently ferocious person, a rather obsolete term, from the
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A generous or helpful person. From the Biblical story of the
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goes back to the name of some, often historical or archaic,
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An expert guide through difficult circumstances. From the
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A Parisian gangster or thug (from the collective name
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An insignificant town. Derived from the exonym of an
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A human who consumes human flesh (originally meaning
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Index

List of ethnic group names used as insults
English language
etymology
ethnic
religious
insulting
a separate list
Apache
Apache
Native Americans
Bohemian
Bohemia
Romani people
Bugger
sodomite
Bogomils
Bugger up
Tok Pisin
bagarap
Cannibal
Carib
Cohee
Virginia Piedmont
white trash
Goth
Goths
Rome
Gothic
Renaissance
Goth subculture

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