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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1624
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(Man-etar,) n. Plur. men-eitteris. [e.m.E. man-eater (1600).] A cannibal. — 1624 Criminal Trials III. 586.
That Scottismen of auld war men-eitteris or eatteris of menis flesche
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