Cannibal Definition
kănə-bəl
cannibals
noun
cannibals
A person who eats human flesh.
Webster's New World
An animal that eats its own kind.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- anthropophagite
- anthropophagus
- man-eater
- long-pig
- cannibalism
- brute
- anthropophagite.--a. anthropophagous
- anthropophagi
- savage
- primitive
- anthropophaginian
- eater of one's own kind
- native
- headhunter
- anthrophagite
adjective
Of, resembling, or having the habits of cannibals.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Cannibal
Noun
Singular:
cannibal
Plural:
cannibalsOrigin of Cannibal
From Spanish Caníbalis name (as recorded by Christopher Columbus) of the allegedly cannibalistic Caribs of Cuba and Haiti from earlier Carib karibna person, Carib
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Spanish Cannibalis, from Caniba, the Taino form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared. From an Arawakan language, probably Taino.
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