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cannibal

[ kan-uh-buhl ]

noun

  1. a person who eats human flesh, especially for magical or religious purposes, as among certain tribal peoples.
  2. any animal that eats its own kind.


adjective

  1. pertaining to or characteristic of a cannibal.
  2. given to cannibalism.

cannibal

/ ˈ°ìæ²Ôɪ²úÉ™±ô /

noun

    1. a person who eats the flesh of other human beings
    2. ( as modifier )

      cannibal tribes

  1. an animal that feeds on the flesh of others of its kind
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦²¹²Ôn¾±Â·²ú²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cannibal1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Spanish ³¦²¹²Ôí²ú²¹±ô, variant of ³¦²¹°ùí²ú²¹±ô, from canib-, caribe (from °Õ²¹Ã­²Ô´Ç; Carib ( def ) ) + -al -al 1; from the belief that the Caribs of the West Indies ate human flesh
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cannibal1

C16: from Spanish Canibales, name used by Columbus to designate the Caribs of Cuba and Haiti, from Arawak caniba, variant of Carib
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I spend enough time sitting around the house worrying about what I said to someone in high school that may have hurt their feeling so bad it turned them into a cannibal.

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You’d think a show that follows the transition from soccer champions to cultish cannibals would want to start us off with pure, innocent girls to emphasize the severity of their journey.

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Television’s favorite champion soccer players turned wilderness survival cannibals are finally back.

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"People who have committed heinous crimes - murderers, rapists, cannibals and paedophiles - they not only avoid punishment by going to war, the unprecedented bit is that they are being hailed as heroes."

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The industrial food supply will be the last bastion of the luxury economy, and we might mirror the cannibals in doomsday movies before we cede our idiosyncratic eating habits to austerity.

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