Vandals
noun
1.
(initial capital letter) a member of a Germanic people who in the 5th century a.d. ravaged Gaul and Spain, settled in Africa, and in a.d. 455 sacked Rome.
2.
a person who willfully or ignorantly destroys or mars something beautiful or valuable.
adjective
3.
(initial capital letter) of or relating to the Vandals.
4.
imbued with or characterized by vandalism.
noun
1.
a person who deliberately causes damage or destruction to personal or public property
(as modifier): vandal instincts
noun
1.
a member of a Germanic people that raided Roman provinces in the 3rd and 4th centuries ad before devastating Gaul (406–409), conquering Spain and N Africa, and sacking Rome (455): crushed by Belisarius at Carthage (533)
Vandals definition
A people of northern Europe, known for their cruelty and destructiveness, who invaded the Roman Empire and plundered Rome itself in the fifth century.
Note: The term vandalism, meaning wanton destructiveness, comes from the name of the Vandals.
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