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"etymology_text": "First appeared in John Dryden's heroic play The Conquest of Granada (1672), where it was used by the son of a Christian prince, believing himself a Spanish Muslim, in reference to himself.",
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"ref": "1876, Richard F. Burton, Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, volume 1, London",
"text": "The Isángú, or Ingwánba, the craving felt after a short abstinence from animal food, does not spare the white traveller more than it does his dark guides; and, though the moral courage of the former may resist the \"gastronomic practice\" of breaking fast upon a fat young slave, one does not expect so much from the untutored appetite of the noble savage.",
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],
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"A stock character embodying the concept of an idealized indigene or outsider who has not been corrupted by civilization and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness."
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"idealized",
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"indigene"
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"civilization",
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"(literature) A stock character embodying the concept of an idealized indigene or outsider who has not been corrupted by civilization and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness."
],
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"literature",
"media",
"publishing"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vznešený divoch"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ædle vilde"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "nobla sovaĝulo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "jalo villi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "bon sauvage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "edler Wilder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "edle Wilde"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "nemes vadember"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "buon selvaggio"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "den edle ville"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "szlachetny dzikus"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "bom selvagem"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagoródnyj dikárʹ",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "благоро́дный дика́рь"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buen salvaje"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "den ädle vilden"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "คนเถื่อนใจธรรม"
}
],
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"noble savage"
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}
],
"word": "noble savage"
}
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[
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],
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"(literature) A stock character embodying the concept of an idealized indigene or outsider who has not been corrupted by civilization and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness."
],
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"literature",
"media",
"publishing"
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"translations": [
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vznešený divoch"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ædle vilde"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "nobla sovaĝulo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "jalo villi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "bon sauvage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "edler Wilder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "edle Wilde"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "nemes vadember"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "buon selvaggio"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "den edle ville"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "szlachetny dzikus"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "bom selvagem"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagoródnyj dikárʹ",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "благоро́дный дика́рь"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stock character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buen salvaje"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "den ädle vilden"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "stock character",
"word": "คนเถื่อนใจธรรม"
}
],
"word": "noble savage"
}
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