A baboon or other monkey; (figurative) a stupid or foolish person (derogatory; cf. baboon, n. 3). Cf. bavian, n. 2.

An ape or monkey, typically one kept as a curiosity or for entertainment. As a proper name. Obsolete.

(A name given to) a person possessing or exhibiting qualities or behaviour associated with (tame) apes or monkeys, esp. in playing tricks or…

†(a) an ape (obsolete); (b) (derogatory) an apelike person; (c) = man-ape n.

spec. A member of the Simiadæ, having no tail nor cheek-pouches; including the gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan, and gibbons.

An anthropoid ape postulated by Tyson to be the basis for the accounts of pygmies (sense A. 1a) by ancient writers. Obsolete.

An ape or monkey, spec. any of those included in the (former) genus Simia (also with lower-case initial). Also: the (former) genus itself.

any of the large apes of the group comprising gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees (often classified as the family Pongidae, but in some current…

Originally: an ape or apelike creature. In later use: spec. a primate of the group Anthropoidea, now regarded as a suborder comprising monkeys…

An ape, esp. a higher ape. Also in extended use.

a primate with both human and ape-like characteristics; esp. a fossil hominid of the genus Australopithecus; cf. apeman, n.

A great ape of the family Pongidae, which includes the gorillas, chimpanzees, and orang-utans.

An ape, esp. a higher ape; an apeman. Cf. pithecoid, n. rare.