anthropophagi

pl. [Plural of Lat. anthropophagus; Gr. ἀνθρωποφάγος (anthropоphagos) a man-eater; ἄνθρωπος ( anthropos ) = man, and φαγεῖν (phage in), from * φαγω (phago), now made 2 aor. inf. of ἐσθίω ( esthio ) = to eat. In Fr. anthropophage.] Man-eaters. Cannibals, people feeding on human flesh. "Histories make mention of a people called anthropophagi, men-eaters."-B. Gilpin: Sermon before King Edward VI . (1552).