If you describe someone as a carnivore, you are saying, especially in a humorous way, that they eat meat.
This is a vegetarian dish that carnivores love.
carnivore in British English
(ˈkɑːnɪˌvɔː)
noun
1.
any placental mammal of the order Carnivora, typically having large pointed canine teeth and sharp molars and premolars, specialized for eating flesh. The order includes cats, dogs, bears, raccoons, hyenas, civets, and weasels
2.
any other animal or any plant that feeds on animals
3. informal
an aggressively ambitious person
Word origin
C19: probably back formation from carnivorous
carnivore in American English
(ˈkɑrnəˌvɔr)
noun
1.
any of an order (Carnivora) of fanged, flesh-eating mammals, including the dog, bear, cat, and seal
2.
any animal that consumes other animals
see also herbivore, omnivore
3.
a plant that ingests small animals, esp. insects
Word origin
Fr: see carnivorous
Examples of 'carnivore' in a sentence
carnivore
We must do what we can to save the world's largest carnivores from extinction.
The Sun (2009)
Officials had claimed the previous day that all the zoo's largest carnivores had been accounted for.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I have been with big carnivores before, sought them out and been thrilled with a fearful intimacy.