man-eater

See also: maneater

English

Alternative forms

maneater
man eater

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Noun

man-eater (plural man-eaters)

An animal that has a reputation for eating humans, such as the tiger or shark.
- 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 146:
  Man-eaters are more newsworthy than three-foot-long harmless sharks with tiny teeth.
A cannibal.
(by extension, slang) A seductive dangerous woman, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners.

Synonyms

(woman): See Thesaurus:vamp

Related terms

man-eating

Translations

animal that eats humans

Czech: lidožrout (cs) m
German: Menschenfresser (de) m
Hungarian: emberevő (hu)
Icelandic: mannæta (is) f
Maori: mangō-taniwha (shark)

Persian: آدمخوار‎ (fa) (âdamxâr)
Russian: людое́д (ru) m (ljudojéd)
Slovak: ľudožrút m
Swedish: människoätare (sv) c
Turkish: insan yiyici

cannibal

Czech: lidožrout (cs) m, lidojed m, kanibal (cs) m
Finnish: ihmissyöjä
German: Menschenfresser (de) m
Icelandic: mannæta (is) f
Maori: kaitangata

Persian: آدمخوار‎ (fa) (âdamxâr)
Portuguese: canibal (pt)
Russian: людое́д (ru) m (ljudojéd), канибал (kanibal)
Swedish: människoätare (sv) c

woman

Finnish: miehennielijä, miestennielijä (fi)
Hungarian: férfifaló
Italian: mangiauomini f

Russian: роковая же́нщина f (rokovaja žénščina)
Swedish: manslukerska (sv) c
Turkish: erkek yiyici

Anagrams

anatreme, matranee

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