man-eater

Then the man-eater was filled with rage, and he flung himself upon the iron door and burst it in.

Henceforth he becomes a 'man-eater,' the most dreaded scourge and pestilent plague of the district.

He was no man-eater, nor woman-eater either, so far as he knew; therefore they might surely let him see the maiden.

He drew up his legs, and the man-eater seemed no more than barely to touch one foot, sinking back into the water with a splash.