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Cannibal

Cannibal Meaning & Definition
Cannibal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cannibal?

[n] a person who eats human flesh

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cannibal: anthropophagite | anthropophagus | man-eater

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cannibal: amphibian | animal | anthropophagite | apache | aquatic | assassin | assassinator | barbarian | beast | biped | bloodletter | bloodshedder | board-and-roomer | boarder | bon vivant | bravo | Brillat-Savarin | brute | burker | butcher | button man | Cain | canine | cannibalistic | carnivore | carnivorous | commensal | connoisseur of food | consumer | cosmopolite | cutthroat | desperado | destroyer | dietetic | diner | diner-out | dining | eater | eater-out | eating | epicure | eradicator | executioner | exterminator | feeder | feeding | feline | flesh-eater | flesh-eating | fruitarian | garroter | gastronome | gastronomic | glutton | gluttonous | gnawer | gorilla | gourmand | gourmet | grain-eater | grain-eating | graminivore | graminivorous | granivore | granivorous | grass-eating | gun | gunman | gunsel | hatchet man | head-hunter | herbivore | herbivorous | high liver | hit man | homicidal maniac | homicide | hungry mouth | hyena | insect-eating | insectivore | insectivorous | invertebrate | killer | lactovegetarian | Lucullus | luncher | mammal | mammalian | man-eater | man-eating | man-killer | manslayer | marsupial | marsupialian | massacrer | matador | meat-eater | meat-eating | mensal | mouth | murderer | nihilist | nourishing | nutritious | omnivore | omnivorous | omophagist | omophagous | pantophagist | pantophagous | pesticide | phytivorous | phytophage | phytophagous | picnicker | plant-eater | plant-eating | poison | poisoner | postprandial | prandial | predacean | predacious | preprandial | primate | quadruped | reptile | rodent | ruminant | savage | scavenger | shark | slaughterer | slayer | strangler | thug | tiger | torpedo | trencherman | trigger man | ungulate | vandal | varmint | vegetable-eating | vegetarian | vermin | vertebrate | wild man | wrecker

See Also | barbarian | savage

Cannibal In Webster's Dictionary

\Can"ni*bal\, n. [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Hayti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root ``propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis.'' The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.] A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. --Darwin.
\Can"ni*bal\, a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. ``Cannibal terror.'' --Burke.

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