Vān'dal1, n.
n. [Lat. Vandalus, Vandalius, probably originally signifying a wanderer, from Ger. wandeln, to go, wander.]
- (Anc. Hist.) One of the most barbarous of the northern nations that invaded Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature.
- Hence, one hostile to the arts and literature; one who is ignorant and barbarous.