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Meanings of troglodyte in English

Portuguese
eremita
Catalan
eremita
Spanish
recluso

One who lives in solitude.

        eremita
        Portuguese
        troglodita
        Catalan
        troglodita
        Spanish
        troglodita

        Someone who lives in a cave.

              troglodita
              Synonyms
              Examples for "caveman"
              Examples for "caveman"
              1
              Thinking of Jodie with Jason made his highly developed mind turn caveman.
              Make your move
              2
              On the contrary, the hostile environment of the caveman has been destroyed.
              Revolution, and Other Essays
              3
              And you've seen him before in every caveman movie you ever watched.
              Sympathy for the devil
              4
              Grannies call it sixth sense, but more likely it was caveman-survival stuff.
              NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
              5
              She was a trouper and didn't need him acting like a caveman.
              Once bitten, twice dead
              1
              The original cave man, the troglodyte, may have got his that way.
              Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907
              2
              There, in the cave man's mind, is the first craving for immortality.
              Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers
              3
              We can hardly expect a cave man to be always so punctual.
              The Girl Scout Pioneers; Or, Winning the First B. C.
              4
              His fighting was that of a wild cave man, blind, furious, damaging.
              The Big-Town Round-Up
              5
              No way I'm getting within arm's reach of that cave man.
              Torch of Freedom
              1
              A mentally developed enlightened man was so much sexier than a cave dweller.
              It Must Be Love
              2
              I knew with a cave dweller's atavistic knowledge that it was Skeleton Ridpath, all alone.
              Shadowland
              3
              The tribal idea of God belongs with the ox cart, the medicine man, the cave dweller.
              The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
              4
              If this cave dweller is a musician like our cheery outdoor fiddler, how the empty walls must ring!
              See America First
              5
              This cave also contains a fish known to scientists as "Amblyopsis Speloens," meaning "A weak-eyed cave dweller."
              See America First
              Usage of troglodyte in English
              1
              Would the female audience reject an ESPN news brand as too troglodyte?
              Reuters
              2
              To confirm this opinion, hear the words of the famous troglodyte philosopher.
              A Tale of a Tub
              3
              The original cave man, the troglodyte, may have got his that way.
              Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907
              4
              He was no better than a troglodyte, set down in a new wilderness.
              The Drums of Jeopardy
              5
              He sees chimneys extruded from mountainsides where there are troglodyte villages.
              Iron Council
              6
              I know that many of you say I'm a luddite, a troglodyte, even paranoid!
              Existence
              7
              I can assure Ms Keane that she is no troglodyte.
              The Irish Times
              8
              Keep her there, the troglodyte with her bastard breed.'
              The Kingmaker’s Daughter
              9
              Now I am ready for my troglodyte friend.
              Tales of Terror and Mystery
              10
              There should have been a troglodyte attendant, instead.
              Stubble
              11
              I am turning into a troglodyte, thought March; a cave-dweller, a recluse; a robber of paper tombs.
              Fatherland
              12
              I came up with a fair-to-middling troglodyte.
              Rite of Passage
              13
              During our stay at Philæ she found a troglodyte who was induced to teach her his language.
              Cleopatra — Complete
              14
              The village is popular with holidaymakers because of its fountains, tree-lined avenues and the backdrop of troglodyte dwellings.
              The Guardian
              15
              The primitive man was a troglodyte.
              Creative Chemistry: Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Ch...
              16
              So it went, on through a ghoulish graveyard, a troglodyte-teaming cavern, and a literal Old West ghost town.
              Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
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