 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cannibal
noun: a person who eats human flesh [syn: {man-eater}, {anthropophagus},
{anthropophagite}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cannibal \Can"ni*bal\, noun [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a
letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498,
mentions that the people of Haiti 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cannibal \Can"ni*bal\, adjective
Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. ''Cannibal terror.''
--Burke.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "cannibal":
Brillat-Savarin, Cain, Lucullus, amphibian, animal,
anthropophagite, apache, aquatic, assassin, assassinator,
barbarian, beast, biped, bloodletter, bloodshedder,
board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, bravo, brute, burker,
butcher, button man, 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, 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
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
CANNIBAL, noun 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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