Visigoth
a member of the westerly division of the Goths, which formed a monarchy about a.d. 418, maintaining it in southern France until 507 and in Spain until 711.
Origin of Visigoth
1Other words from Visigoth
- Vis·i·goth·ic, adjective
- Compare Ostrogoth.
Words Nearby Visigoth
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How to use Visigoth in a sentence
The word may have some connexion with a corruption of Visigoth, a suggestion to which the use in the Girard romance lends colour.
The Visigoth kingdom, which had stood for three centuries, had passed its meridian.
A Short History of Spain | Mary Platt ParmeleToledo, the capital of the Visigoth Kings, is the city about which cluster the richest memories of Spain in her heroic age.
A Short History of Spain | Mary Platt ParmeleThe Visigoth monarchy, although in many cases hereditary, was in fact elective.
A Short History of Spain | Mary Platt ParmeleThis romance, lying at the very root of a Gothic dynasty in Spain, marks the earliest beginnings of a line of Visigoth kings.
A Short History of Spain | Mary Platt Parmele
British Dictionary definitions for Visigoth
/ (ˈvɪzɪˌɡɒθ) /
a member of the western group of the Goths, who were driven into the Balkans in the late 4th century ad . Moving on, they sacked Rome (410) and established a kingdom in present-day Spain and S France that lasted until 711
Origin of Visigoth
1Derived forms of Visigoth
- Visigothic, adjective
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