"man-eater" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-man-eater.ogg Forms: man-eaters [plural]
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  1. An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh. Categories (topical): Female people, Stock characters
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  2. A cannibal; a human that eats other humans. Categories (topical): Female people, People Translations (cannibal — see also cannibal): մարդակեր (mardaker) (Armenian), adamyeyən (Azerbaijani), людае́д (ljudajéd) [masculine] (Belarusian), людажэ́рца (ljudažérca) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), човекоя́дец (čovekojádec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), людое́д (ljudoéd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hattak-apa' (Chickasaw), lidožrout [masculine] (Czech), lidojed [masculine] (Czech), kanibal [masculine] (Czech), ihmissyöjä (Finnish), Menschenfresser [masculine] (German), mannæta [feminine] (Icelandic), човеко́јадец (čovekójadec) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaitangata (Maori), آدمخوار (âdamxâr) (Persian), antropofag [masculine] (Polish), kanibal [literary, masculine] (Polish), ludojad [masculine] (Polish), ludożerca [masculine] (Polish), canibal [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), людое́д (ljudojéd) [masculine] (Russian), канниба́л (kannibál) [masculine] (Russian), ľudožrút [masculine] (Slovak), ljudožerec [masculine] (Slovene), ljudožerka [feminine] (Slovene), människoätare [common-gender] (Swedish), людої́д (ljudojíd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), людоже́р (ljudožér) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-man-eater-en-noun-I-xm8j4y Disambiguation of Female people: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of People: 24 60 16 Disambiguation of 'cannibal — see also cannibal': 23 74 3
  3. (by extension, slang) A seductive dangerous woman, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners. Tags: broadly, slang Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: femme fatale, vamp Translations (woman): miehennielijä (Finnish), miestennielijä (Finnish), Vamp [masculine] (German), férfifaló (Hungarian), mangiauomini [feminine] (Italian), рокова́я же́нщина (rokovája žénščina) (english: femme fatale) [feminine] (Russian), сердцее́дка (serdcejédka) (Russian), manslukerska [common-gender] (Swedish), erkek yiyici (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-man-eater-en-noun-UmwdrC3- Disambiguation of Female people: 18 45 37 Disambiguation of 'woman': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maneater, man eater Related terms: man-eating Translations (animal that eats humans): adamyeyən (Azerbaijani), людае́д (ljudajéd) [masculine] (Belarusian), людажэ́рца (ljudažérca) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), людое́д (ljudoéd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hattak-apa' (Chickasaw), lidožrout [masculine] (Czech), menneskeæder [common-gender] (Danish), Menschenfresser [masculine] (German), emberevő (Hungarian), mannæta [feminine] (Icelandic), mangō-taniwha (english: shark) (Maori), آدمخوار (âdamxâr) (Persian), ludojad [masculine] (Polish), людое́д (ljudojéd) [masculine] (Russian), ľudožrút [masculine] (Slovak), människoätare [common-gender] (Swedish), insan yiyici (Turkish), людої́д (ljudojíd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), людоже́р (ljudožér) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'animal that eats humans': 51 45 4

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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "cannibal — see also cannibal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ljudožerka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cannibal — see also cannibal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "människoätare"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljudojíd",
      "sense": "cannibal — see also cannibal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "людої́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljudožér",
      "sense": "cannibal — see also cannibal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "людоже́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "woman",
      "word": "miehennielijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "woman",
      "word": "miestennielijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vamp"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "woman",
      "word": "férfifaló"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mangiauomini"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "femme fatale",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rokovája žénščina",
      "sense": "woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рокова́я же́нщина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "serdcejédka",
      "sense": "woman",
      "word": "сердцее́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "woman",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "manslukerska"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "woman",
      "word": "erkek yiyici"
    }
  ],
  "word": "man-eater"
}

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