Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A prehistoric or primitive human living in caves.
  • noun Informal A man who is crude or ill-mannered, especially toward women.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as cave-dweller, 1.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
  • noun informal, figuratively, pejorative A brutish or savage person.
  • noun informal, figuratively, pejorative A man with old fashioned or backward opinions, particularly with regard to women.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who lives in a cave

Etymologies

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From cave +‎ man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves.

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  • Also, caveperson.

    August 28, 2010

  • HU for "caveman" is "barlanglako" (cave dweller)

    August 1, 2012