Cannibal: Definition and part of speech

Cannibal

  1. a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism.
  2. n. A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cannibalism: Definition and part of speech

Cannibalism

  1. n. The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.