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Definition of CANNIBAL

Cannibal
Cannibal Can"ni*bal, n. [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Hayti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root ``propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis.' The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.] A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. --Darwin.
Cannibal
Cannibal Can"ni*bal, a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. ``Cannibal terror.' --Burke.

Meaning of CANNIBAL from wikipedia

- Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe...
- than non-cannibals. An increase of size and growth would give them the added benefit of protection from potential predators such as other cannibals and give...
- Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1988, now based out of Tampa, Florida. The band has released sixteen studio...
- imprisonment. Because of his acts, Meiwes is also known as the Rotenburg Cannibal or Der Metzgermeister (The Master Butcher). The house where the murder...
- Of Cannibals (Des Cannibales), written circa 1580, is an essay, one of those in the collection Essays, by Michel de Montaigne, describing the ceremonies...
- Cannibal films, alternatively known as the cannibal genre or the cannibal boom, are a subgenre of horror films made predominantly by Italian filmmakers...
- Cannibal! The Musical (originally known as Alferd Packer: The Musical) is a 1993 American black comedy Western musical film directed, written, produced...
- of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe...
- Look up cannibal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cannibal is an organism which eats others of its own species or kind. Cannibal may also refer to:...
- Cannibal Island may refer to: Cannibal Island (Manitoba), a Canadian island northwest of the Sandy Islands in Lake Winnipeg Fiji, previously known as the...