man-eating

man-eating

See also: maneating

English

Alternative forms

• maneating

Adjective

man-eating (not comparable)

1. Inclined to eat human flesh; that attacks and kills humans for food.
   • 1852 May 12, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 3, column 2:

     [T]he den of a man-eating tiger, or a mad dog, could not be more dreaded.

   • 1879 July 5, The Mercury and Weekly Courier, page 3, column 8:

     The Lumbardar scouted the idea; the only man-eating leopard in those parts has been killed by the valorous sahib-thanks be to Allah!

   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 147:

     "As a matter of fact my thoughts were flashing between Ronda and that man-eating tiger I'm going to bag tomorrow."

Translations

inclined to eat human flesh

Finnish: ihmisiä syövä, ihmissyöjä- German: menschenfressend Greek: Ancient: ἀνθρωποφάγος (anthrōpophágos), φαγάνθρωπος (phagánthrōpos) Icelandic: mannætu- (is) Spanish: comehombre m Swahili: mla-watu Welsh: dynfwytaol

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