anthropophagus (s), anthropophagi (pl) A reference to someone who eats the flesh of other human beings; cannibalism. The word cannibal comes from Spanish canibal, 'a savage, cannibal'; from , 'brave men'. The natives were believed to be anthropophagites. Columbus, seeking evidence that he was in Asia, thought the name meant the natives were subje.... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/150/5