noun
definition
An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who eats human flesh.
Examples of cannibals in a Sentence
They are cannibals, and many murders of whites have taken place.
On the northern confines of the great forest belt live races of cannibals, whose existence was first made known by Captain d'0110ne in 1899.
Some of them are even cannibals.
A Portuguese squadron under Diogo Lopes de Sequeira arrived off Sumatra in 1509, explored the north coast for some distance, and noted that the inhabitants of the interior were cannibals, while those of the littoral were civilized and possessed a gold coinage.
He ran away from home at a young age and set up home with a local tribe of Pygmy cannibals.
Two missionaries were sent to the Friendly Islands in 1826, and in 1835 a mission was undertaken among the cannibals of Fiji, which spread and deepened till the whole group of islands was transformed.
On the authority of Charles Darwin they have been held by many to be cannibals, but they are not, although those suffering from incurable ailments are often put to death.
A traveler wandering on an island inhabited entirely by cannibals comes upon a butcher shop.
Many had incredible adventures, chased by wild animals, hunted by cannibals, discovering lost worlds.
When the detective is attacked by cannibals, McCabe escapes back to the trading outpost where he falls in with Rymer.
John Paton was a great pioneer missionary who devoted himself to sharing the gospel with the cannibals of the New Hebrides in the Pacific.
During the middle ages they were popularly looked upon as cretins, lepers, heretics and even as cannibals.
For many years the natives had a reputation as dangerous cannibals, but they are now among the most civilized Melanesians.
Many of the tribes at the west end of New Guinea are, at all events in war time, head-hunters, and in the mountains cannibals.
They are cannibals, infanticide is common, and head Guadalcanal of the Spanish discoverers.
The Yoraghums, their neighbours, were cannibals.
These Bangala are not to be confused with the Bangala of the Kwango, also cannibals, who in marauding bands under leaders styled Jaga were devastating the country in the days of the early Portuguese settlements in the Congo regions.
They are often of a very low type, and some of the tribes are cannibals.
His vessel was wrecked, and he fell into the hands of cannibals; but he was saved by his leanness, and by the opportune invasion of a neighbouring tribe.
One song that stuck in my mind sounded like a mixture between that " I eat cannibals " song and Las Ketchup.
Cue a stunning series of marvelous misadventures that feature cannibals and monsters, sword-play and seduction.
The food chain affects us all; only a few will be eaten by cannibals.
My image of Africa, at that time, was of naked savages, cannibals, monkeys and tigers and steaming jungles.
Amongst the different tribes many are cannibals.
In their extremity many of the Kaffirs turned cannibals, and one instance of parents eating their own child is authenticated.
In Homer they are gigantic cave-dwellers, cannibals having only one eye, living a pastoral life in the far west (Sicily), ignorant of law and order, fearing neither gods nor men.