Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who eats the flesh of other humans.
- noun An animal that feeds on others of its own kind.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A human being who eats human flesh; a human man-eater or anthropophagite.
- noun Hence Any animal that eats the flesh of members of its own or kindred species.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of cannibals or cannibalism: as, “cannibal ferocity,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to cannibals or cannibalism.
- noun A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
organism whicheats others of its ownspecies , especially a human who eats human flesh.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who eats human flesh
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It remains to be seen how serious the cannibal is about changing his ways.
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My GPS tells me exactly where to turn and when and I love her and I am so heartily sorry for all the times I've suspected that she's trying to leave me for dead on an unpaved road in cannibal territory.
What I did on the weekend -- Part 2: How do you say "Curse you, Mapquest!" in French? alison 2010
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Solomon Kane is deep in cannibal country, when he comes across even worse.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Best Of Robert E. Howard Volume 2 Grim Lands - Robert E. Howard Blue Tyson 2008
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Solomon Kane is deep in cannibal country, when he comes across even worse.
Archive 2007-02-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Solomon Kane is deep in cannibal country, when he comes across even worse.
Archive 2007-09-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Does the word cannibal, applied to the Caribs of the West India
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With respect to the etymology of the word cannibal, it seems to me entirely cleared up by the discovery of the journal kept by Columbus during his first voyage of discovery, and of which Bartholomew de las Casas has left us an abridged copy.
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Does the word cannibal, applied to the Caribs of the West India Islands, belong to the language of this archipelago (that of Haiti)? or must we seek for it in an idiom of
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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With respect to the etymology of the word cannibal, it seems to me entirely cleared up by the discovery of the journal kept by Columbus during his first voyage of discovery, and of which Bartholomew de las Casas has left us an abridged copy.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Then she introduces two topless and stacked young women she describes as cannibal sisters.
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In Wisconsin, it is a holiday tradition to eat a slice of bread topped with a spread of fresh raw ground beef, chopped onions and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Known as a cannibal sandwich, the unusual dish makes hundreds of people sick each year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
What's a Cannibal Sandwich, And Why Is Wisconsin Trying to Cancel Them? Evan Bleier 2020
oroboros commented on the word cannibal
Daffynition: a person who's fed up with people.
January 6, 2007
oroboros commented on the word cannibal
When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.
October 21, 2008