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savage 1. (of peoples) nonliterate or primitive 2. (of terrain) rugged and uncultivated 3. a member of a nonliterate society, esp one regarded as primitive Savage Michael Joseph. 1872-1940, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1935-40) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At their hospitable boards I occasionally met with partners, and clerks, and hardy fur traders from the interior posts; men who had passed years remote from civilized society, among distant and savage tribes, and who had wonders to recount of their wide and wild peregrinations, their hunting exploits, and their perilous adventures and hair-breadth escapes among the Indians. The savage cast a look at the other, which, notwithstanding the dim light, was sufficiently indicative of implacable hostility. As the savage eyes met his, the beast emitted a frightful roar and then he charged. |
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