man-eater noun4 •An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh.And particularly, he knows where to find the primitive substance of the man eater: howsoever evaporate or reduced, as it were, into air or vapour, by sweat or perspiration. — 1776 •A carnivorous plant large enough to consume a human; a man-eating plant. •A cannibal; a human that eats other humans.A stout ferocious-looking fellow, with muscular bandy legs, came in as I was conversing on the subject of cannibalism, and was pointed out to me as a celebrated marksman and man eater. — 1827 •(slang, disapproving) A seductive dangerous woman, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners."That only proves she has affairs with them too. She's a man-eater." — 1945 formsman-eaters