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单词 anthropophagist
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Definition of anthropophagist in English:

anthropophagist

(also anthropophagite)
noun ˌanθrəˈpɒfədʒɪstˌanTHrəˈpäfəjəst
rare
  • A person who eats the flesh of other human beings; a cannibal.

    they had been living among anthropophagists, and had joined in their feasts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think it is Tacitus who records that at the time he visited Britain the Picts of Galloway were anthropophagists.
    • The soil in America being covered with forests, made man a hunter, and from the custom of shedding blood, he became brutified in his habits and an anthropophagist.
    • Since hamburger meat is your flesh of choice, you don't qualify as an anthropophagist.
    • Man commenced as an anthropophagist; to this succeeded slavery; to slavery, serfdom; to serfdom, vassalage; to vassalage, proletarism.
    • Boiardo and Ariosto recount meetings with anthropophagists among the adventures of their knightly heroes.
    Synonyms
    man-eater, people-eater

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek anthrōpos 'human being' + phago- 'eating' (from phagein 'to eat') + -ist.

 
 

Definition of anthropophagist in US English:

anthropophagist

(also anthropophagite)
nounˌanTHrəˈpäfəjəst
rare
  • A person who eats the flesh of other human beings; a cannibal.

    they had been living among anthropophagists, and had joined in their feasts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The soil in America being covered with forests, made man a hunter, and from the custom of shedding blood, he became brutified in his habits and an anthropophagist.
    • Since hamburger meat is your flesh of choice, you don't qualify as an anthropophagist.
    • I think it is Tacitus who records that at the time he visited Britain the Picts of Galloway were anthropophagists.
    • Boiardo and Ariosto recount meetings with anthropophagists among the adventures of their knightly heroes.
    • Man commenced as an anthropophagist; to this succeeded slavery; to slavery, serfdom; to serfdom, vassalage; to vassalage, proletarism.
    Synonyms
    man-eater, people-eater

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek anthrōpos ‘human being’ + phago- ‘eating’ (from phagein ‘to eat’) + -ist.

 
 
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