An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh.
Used in a Sentence
man-eaters
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for man-eaters.
Editorial note
Some man-eaters have murder counts reaching several hundred just by their lone selves.
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Quick take
An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of man-eaters gathered in one view.
A cannibal; a human that eats other humans.
A carnivorous plant large enough to consume a human; a man-eating plant.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for man-eaters.
noun
An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh.
noun
A cannibal; a human that eats other humans.
noun
A carnivorous plant large enough to consume a human; a man-eating plant.
noun
(by extension, slang) A seductive dangerous woman, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners.
Example sentences
Some man-eaters have murder counts reaching several hundred just by their lone selves.
This discussion reminds me of the Tsavo Man-Eaters - a pair of lions that decided to focus mainly on hunting humans for food.
Anecdotally, many of the Sundarban tigers are man-eaters and there is a tacit policy to not go after the ones that happen to kill humans.
Remembering that this was a different time, and in most cases the animals only became problem man-eaters after something like an injury has forced them to target people.
(It helps when there are gimmes like Austen, Tolstoy, Waugh.) One that I hadn't thought of in many years is The Man-Eaters of Kumaon.
I think it was in Jim Corbett's book, The Temple Tiger and More Man-eaters of Kumaon (Or it may have been one of his earlier books) where he describes being pounced on by a big cat while in his tent one night - From memory a Tiger - and the only thing he had at arms reach to defend himself was a small cheese knife on his supper plate.
Sundarban tigers are not man-eaters by default Tiger census is tricky business, but these numbers are as legit as they can get (especially given, outside of India, BD and Nepal, no other countries have serious population of tigers in the wild).
I definitely recommend reading Jim Corbett's work, it's an interesting view of life when there was a real chance of you being eaten by a man-eater, and seeing how his work hunting man-eaters led to the establishment of the Corbett national park in India.
Quote examples
I don't know if any amount of "awareness" is going to stop the people who live near them from revenge killings of man-eaters.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use man-eaters in a sentence?
Some man-eaters have murder counts reaching several hundred just by their lone selves.
What does man-eaters mean?
An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh.
What part of speech is man-eaters?
man-eaters is commonly used as noun.