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noun (cavemen)
- Early humans or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
- The political cartoon showed the politician as a , clubbing the budget depcited as a mammoth.
- (colloquial) Someone who is brutish or savage.
- The football squad was comprised of cavemen who were responsible for trashing many a locker room.
- (colloquial) A man with old fashioned or backward opinions, particularly with regard to women.
- Old Sven is a bit of a ; he figures giving women the right to vote was a bad idea.
Translations: - French: homme des cavernes
- German: Hí¶hlenmensch
- Italian: cavernicolo
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Etymology: From cave + man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves.
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