man-eater

See also: maneater

English

Alternative forms

maneater
man eater

Noun

man-eater (plural man-eaters)

An animal that has a reputation for eating humans, such as the tiger or shark.
A cannibal.
(by extension, slang) A woman with a threatening attitude, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners.

Synonyms

(woman): For semantic relationships of this sense, see vamp in the Thesaurus.

Related terms

man-eating

Translations

animal that eats humans

Czech: lidožrout (cs) m
Icelandic: mannæta (is) f
Maori: mangō-taniwha (shark)
Persian: آدمخوار‎‎ (fa) (âdamxâr)

Russian: людое́д (ru) m (ljudojéd)
Slovak: ľudožrút m
Turkish: insan yiyici

cannibal

Czech: lidožrout (cs) m, lidojed m, kanibal (cs) m
Finnish: ihmissyöjä
German: Menschenfresser (de) m
Icelandic: mannæta (is) f

Maori: kaitangata
Persian: آدمخوار‎‎ (fa) (âdamxâr)
Russian: людое́д (ru) m (ljudojéd), канибал (kanibal)

woman

Finnish: miehennielijä, miestennielijä (fi)
Hungarian: férfifaló
Italian: mangiauomini f

Russian: роковая же́нщина f (rokovaja žénščina)
Turkish: erkek yiyici

Anagrams

anatreme, matranee

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