man-eater

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an animal that has killed and eaten humans, especially a tiger, lion, crocodile, or shark

   The villagers organized a hunt after the tiger became a man-eater.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who eats human flesh

   The explorer's sensational account described the islander as a man-eater.

A compound of man + eater, recorded for a person who eats human flesh and later widely applied to individual wild animals known to prey on people. The corresponding adjective is man-eating.

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