Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cannibal.
- noun In India, a tiger that has acquired a taste for human flesh; a tiger supposed or known to have a special propensity for killing and eating human beings. The name is sometimes extended to the lion and the hyena, on the same supposition.
- noun One of several kinds of large sharks supposed to be specially formidable to man; specifically, Carcharodon rondeleti, a very large shark of the family Lamnidæ.
- noun The dobson or hellgrammite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp.
Carcharodon carcharias syn.Carcharodon Rondeleti ); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
animal that has areputation foreating humans , such as thetiger orshark . - noun A
cannibal . - noun by extension, slang A
woman with athreatening attitude , often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
- noun a person who eats human flesh
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Examples
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In the last few years, divers like Winram have been debunking the sinister reputation of the so-called man-eater.
News - latimes.com 2011
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In the last few years, divers like Winram have been debunking the sinister reputation of the so-called man-eater.
News - latimes.com 2011
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His friend who took this photo, William Winram, calls himself a "Shark Publicist" who wants to show that humans' natural fear of the so-called man-eater has been blown way out of proportion.
News - latimes.com 2011
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In the last few years, divers like Winram have been debunking the sinister reputation of the so-called man-eater.
News - latimes.com 2011
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His friend who took this photo, William Winram, calls himself a "Shark Publicist" who wants to show that humans' natural fear of the so-called man-eater has been blown way out of proportion.
News - latimes.com 2011
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His friend who took this photo, William Winram, calls himself a "Shark Publicist" who wants to show that humans' natural fear of the so-called man-eater has been blown way out of proportion.
News - latimes.com 2011
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Except for a select few critics, this story of a demon-possessed high school man-eater (literally) has not been greeted kindly.
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Both journalists and the scientific community have a responsibility to promote and provide a more holistic, realistic perspective to counter the prevailing man-eater myth mentality.
Simone Lewis-Koskinen: The Hidden Lives of Sharks Simone Lewis-Koskinen 2011
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Both journalists and the scientific community have a responsibility to promote and provide a more holistic, realistic perspective to counter the prevailing man-eater myth mentality.
Simone Lewis-Koskinen: The Hidden Lives of Sharks Simone Lewis-Koskinen 2011
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I graduated from high school as the ultimate man-eater.
The Lo-Down Lo Bosworth 2011
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