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# cannibal

noun (cannibals)

«cannibal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cannibal is a person or creature that eats other people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cannibal/#m1)
2. In fairy tales a cannibal is a giant, goblin or princess who eats human flesh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cannibal/#m2)

### In the lessons

a wicked figure in old tales: a cannibal goblin or princess who wants to eat people; in the lessons the cannibal is the villain of the story

### Examples

- The hungry giant was a cannibal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cannibal/#x1)
- The cannibal goblin lived in a dark cave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cannibal/#x2)
- The cannibal princess wanted to eat the boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cannibal/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cannibal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cannibal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cannibal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cannibal.html) on Mova free.