man-eater Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who eats human flesh
    anthropophagite; cannibal; anthropophagus.
  2. noun large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
    man-eating shark; great white shark; Carcharodon carcharias; white shark.

WordNet


Man"-eat`er noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh.

Webster 1913