man-eater
Americannoun
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an animal, especially a tiger or lion, that eats or is said to eat human flesh.
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a cannibal.
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Slang. femme fatale.
noun
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an animal, such as a tiger, that has become accustomed to eating human flesh
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any of various sharks that feed on human flesh, esp the great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias )
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a human cannibal
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informal a woman with many lovers
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of man-eater
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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“It was the Titanic of shark attacks,” said Richard Fernicola, a New Jersey physician and author of “Twelve Days of Terror,” an account of what became known as the Matawan Man-Eater.
From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2022
"The Man-Eater of Surrey Green" turns out to be a not so Jolly Green Giant with a brain that responds to special signals from the evil ones.
From Time Magazine Archive
He first gained prominence in 1975 with The Cook and the Man-Eater, a book inspired by Alexander Solzhenitsyn's disclosures of the horrors of Stalin's Gulag.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the Man-Eater Finished His Supper They were now thoroughly alarmed, and almost dreaded the supper hour.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.
Under the oaks, at the stamping posts, Forrest was saved the trouble of tying the Man-Eater.
From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack
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