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cave dweller

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noun

a person whose home is a cave.

a prehistoric person who lived in caves.

Facetious. a person who lives in an apartment building or the like in a large city.

Origin of cave dweller

First recorded in 1860–65

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for cave dweller

aboriginal, caveman, troglodyte

Examples from the Web for cave dweller

Historical Examples of cave dweller

You can trace clearly the cave-dweller, the hunter, the scout.
Danger! and Other Stories
Arthur Conan Doyle
It was my wish to stay there and see the cave-dweller and find out what kind of a man he was.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca
Homer
This was more than they had expected when they visited the home of the cave-dweller.
The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico
Frank Gee Patchin
Is she not still in some cases a cave-dweller, while he roams the highways of the world?
Threads of Grey and Gold
Myrtle Reed
But the cave-dweller of to-day shows no suggestion of such skill.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)
Carl Lumholtz