anthropophagist
/ˌanθrəˈpɒfədʒɪst
/(also anthropophagite /ˌanθrəˈpɒfədʒʌɪt/)
noun 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...
- Since hamburger meat is your flesh of choice, you don't qualify as an anthropophagist.
- Boiardo and Ariosto recount meetings with anthropophagists among the adventures of their knightly heroes.
- I think it is Tacitus who records that at the time he visited Britain the Picts of Galloway were anthropophagists.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Greek anthrōpos 'human being' + phago- 'eating' (from phagein 'to eat') + -ist.