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Meanings of cannibal in English

Portuguese
canibal
Catalan
antropòfag

A person who eats human flesh.

        canibal
        Synonyms
        Examples for "man-eater"
        Examples for "man-eater"
        1
        And thus the man-eater was shut in with the three sleeping men.
        From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
        2
        The man-eater lurked in a wood that was hard by the sheep-run.
        Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) / Myths and Legendary He...
        3
        Shall I wander to the west, the fierce Mohawk,-theman-eater,-ismy foe.
        Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
        4
        Left her family and friends behind, to worship the glittering man-eater called Manhattan.
        Audrey's door
        5
        Cautiously the youth crept out upon the trail of the man-eater.
        Thuvia, Maid of Mars
        Usage of cannibal in English
        1
        She asked the salesgirl why the cannibal fish didn't attack the goldfish.
        The new yorker
        2
        The flock came together ravenous and cannibal, and the party got clear.
        Iron Council
        3
        The Cosmos as such is cannibal; as old Time ate his children.
        A Miscellany of Men
        4
        You could turn cannibal for all I could interfere in the matter.
        Adventure
        5
        The case of Sviatek, the Gallician cannibal, is also to the purpose.
        The Book of Were-Wolves
        6
        What if he meets a mild cannibal much less a wild animal?
        Number9Dream
        7
        He's some sort of cannibal, and you intend to invade his territory?
        Darkness unleashed
        8
        The sense is this: cursed by Vasishtha, I have become a cannibal.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
        9
        Thakombau, the once cannibal and homicide, was not allowed to remain quiet.
        The Cruise of the Mary Rose; Or, Here and There in the Pacific
        10
        Does not that sight take a tooth out of the cannibal's jaw?
        Moby Dick
        11
        It was not much of a house, even as cannibal grass-houses go.
        Jerry of the Islands
        12
        But he murdered them-andagain saved his life by being a cannibal.
        The Border Legion
        13
        You would have thought we were to land upon a cannibal island.
        Essays of Travel
        14
        You see, I am a cannibal, and I want to eat you.
        Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger
        15
        The cannibal in the blue chambray shirt was nearly on them now.
        Flesh Eaters
        16
        It lent a cheerful glint to the cannibal cutlery above the mantel.
        Jitterbug Perfume
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        Portuguese
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        Cannibal through the time
        Cannibal across language varieties
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