The Philistines were a people who once occupied the south-western part of Canaan.
Philistines or philistine may also refer to:
- Residents of Palestine (southern Syria), sometimes referred to as 'Philistines' by British writers of the 18th and very early 19th century
- Philistine, a derogatory term for a person deficient in the liberal arts culture
- An elite unit of the South African Defence Force
- The Philistines (Pisemsky novel), an 1877 novel by Alexey Pisemsky
- The Philistines, a 1901 play by Maxim Gorky
- The Philistine (magazine) A periodical that was written, edited, and published by Elbert Hubbard
See also
- Palestine (disambiguation)
- The Philisteins (1985–1992), an Australian garage punk band
- The Philistines Jr., an American rock band
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