Cannibal
['kænɪb(ə)l] or ['kænəbl]
Definition
(n.) A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.
(a.) Relating to cannibals or cannibalism.
Editor: Nita
Definition
n. one who eats human flesh.—adj. relating to cannibalism.—n. Cann′ibalism the practice of eating human flesh.—adj. Cannibalist′ic—adv. Cann′ibally (Shak.).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A gastronome of the old school who preserves the simple tastes and adheres to the natural diet of the pre-pork period.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A heathen hobo who never works, but lives on other people.
Checker: Phyllis
Examples
- Put up 'A Voice from the Flames,' 'A Trumpet-warning to Jericho,' and the 'Fleshpots Broken; or, the Converted Cannibal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her father was a German Jew--a slave-owner they say--connected with the Cannibal Islands in some way or other. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A life-thirsting, cannibal-looking, bloody-minded juryman, the Jacques Three of St. Antoine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- That he was a cannibal she would not believe, but that he was an adopted member of some savage tribe at length seemed possible to her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She has a cannibal taste for such churchyard furniture seemingly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He must belong to the tribes which attacked us, or to some other equally savage--he may even be a cannibal. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Many of these savages were cannibals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At war, the different tribes are cannibals. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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