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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cannibal \Can"ni*bal\, n. [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Hayti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL Canibales in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root ``propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis.'' The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago Carinago Calliponam and abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.] A human being that eats human flesh; hence any that devours its own kind --Darwin. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cannibal \Can"ni*bal\, a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. ``Cannibal terror.'' --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cannibal n : a person who eats human flesh [syn: {man-eater}, {anthropophagus}, {anthropophagite}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: CANNIBAL, n. A gastronome of the old school who preserves the simple tastes and adheres to the natural diet of the pre-pork period.
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