Visigoth

American  

[viz-i-goth] / ˈvɪz ɪˌgɒθ /

noun

1. 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.

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Visigoth British  

/ ˈvɪzɪˌɡɒθ /

noun

1. 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

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Other Word Forms

• Visigothic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Visigoth

1605–15; < Late Latin Visigothī (plural) < Germanic, equivalent to unattested wisi- (cognate with west ) + goth- Goth ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

By the early 400s, the Visigoth leader Alaric had negotiated various agreements with the Roman government to settle his people in Roman territory.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

“Before the dinner I was wondering why Alaric the Visigoth had 40 donkeys loaded up with barrels of verdicchio,” he said.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2020

Expedition Unknown Host Josh Gates heads to Italy in search of the tomb of a Visigoth king in this new installment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2017

“He’d go into long diatribes about the Visigoth invasion and the Peloponnesian Wars,” another colleague said.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 24, 2017

Their chief enemy in Gaul was the Visigoth king Eurich.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)