Troglodyte
[trɔglәdait]
Definition
(n.) One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
(n.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
(n.) The wren.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Wretch, outcast, pilgarlic, pariah, miserable fellow.
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Definition
n. a cave-dweller.—adjs. Trog′lodyte Troglodyt′ic -al cave-dwelling.—n. Trog′lodytism.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Specifically a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period after the Tree and before the Flat. A famous community of troglodytes dwelt with David in the Cave of Adullam. The colony consisted of 'every one that was in distress and every one that was in debt and every one that was discontented '—in brief all the Socialists of Judah.
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