Definition of "cannibal" [can•ni•bal]

• A person who eats the flesh of other humans. (noun)
• An animal that feeds on others of its own kind. (noun)

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• "It remains to be seen how serious the cannibal is about changing his ways."
• "My GPS tells me exactly where to turn and when and I love her and I am so heartily sorry for all the times I've suspected that she's trying to leave me for dead on an unpaved road in cannibal territory."
• "Solomon Kane is deep in cannibal country, when he comes across even worse."