Visigoth n a member of the western group of the Goths, who were driven into the Balkans in the late 4th century a.d. Moving on, they sacked Rome (410) and established a kingdom in present-day Spain and S France that lasted until 711
(C17: from Late Latin Visigothi (pl), of Germanic origin, visi- perhaps meaning: west)
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Visigothic adj