Meaning: A member of an uncivilized people. Classified under: Nouns denoting people. Synonyms: savage; barbarian. Hypernyms (barbarian is a kind of...): primitive; primitive person (a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of barbarian): anthropophagite; anthropophagus; cannibal; man-eater (a person who eats human flesh) head-shrinker; headhunter (a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies) hunter-gatherer (a member of a hunting and gathering society)
Historic Fort Hamilton is located in the southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn surrounded by the communities of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, and is one of several posts that are part of the region which is headquartered by the Military District of Washington.
In July of 1781, Washington gave Hamilton command of an infantry battalion in New York. Hamilton and his men fought bravely at the Battle of Yorktown in October of the same year. Armed with a musket and bayonet, Hamilton ran ahead of his battalion to engage the British, who eventually retreated.