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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)


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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.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
The savage cast a look at the other, which, notwithstanding the dim light, was sufficiently indicative of implacable hostility.
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
As the savage eyes met his, the beast emitted a frightful roar and then he charged.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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