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English
Adjective
man-eating (not comparable)
- 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
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