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cannibal

cannibal

66 7.9
A person who eats the meat of other people
  • noun
  • /ˈkænɪbəl/
  • Offensive
translation icon : caníbal
  • I have to be sure that the cannibal monks are safely waiting in their dark corners.
  • fear of cannibals

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Examples

  • In the remote village, a cannibal was discovered living among the townspeople, shocking everyone.

  • The documentary explored the dark history of cannibals in ancient cultures and their rituals.

  • I think it's those stories the old lady was telling you, the one about the three girls in the house, cannibal girls.

  • Maybe him and his cannibal friends are going to eat it.

  • Once more he thought of the cannibal, then pushed the image from his mind.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Technically speaking, you are still a cannibal, right?

  • Here we go, the cannibal feast right in the juniper tree.

  • But since I'm racing away from cannibals, I ride down the path as fast as I can.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • In three months I'll be eleven, and will not be the cannibals' favorite meal.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The kid's a cannibal.

Synonyms

man-eater
vscannibal
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A person who eats other people

is the standard neutral term rather than informal wording
anthropophagite
vscannibal
  • Offensive
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A person who eats other people

is the common everyday word rather than a technical archaic form
anthropophagus
vscannibal
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who eats other people

is the everyday term rather than the scholarly or classical label
creophagist
vscannibal
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who eats human flesh

specifies human flesh only rather than general flesh eating
anthropophaginian
vscannibal
  • Offensive
9.9

A person in stories or legends who eats other people

names an individual person who eats human flesh rather than a mythical group

Compounds

A dish of raw ground beef mixed with raw egg and onion, eaten raw

How Cannibalistic

creophagist
  • Offensive
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cannibal
  • Offensive
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Surface Forms

cannibal singular
cannibals plural

Etymology

Cannibal comes from the Spanish word caníbal, which named the Carib people of the Caribbean who were said to 'eat human flesh'. So a cannibal is someone who eats other people.