savage:1

adjective
sav*age \ ˈsa-vij \
13th century{ds||1|a|}
  • not domesticated or under human control : untamed
  • lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings : fierce, ferocious
  • wild, uncultivated

savage:2

noun
savage \
1578{ds||1||}
  • a person belonging to a primitive society
  • a brutal person
  • a rude or unmannerly person

savage:3

verb
savage \
1880
  • to attack or treat brutally

Savage:b

biographical name
Sav*age \ ˈsa-vij \
  • Michael Joseph 1872—1940 prime minister of New Zealand (1935—40)

noble savage

noun
noble savage \
1670
  • a mythic conception of people belonging to non-European cultures as having innate natural simplicity and virtue uncorrupted by European civilization; also : a person exemplifying this conception

Landor:b

biographical name
Lan*dor \ ˈlan-ˌdȯr \
  • Walter Savage 1775—1864 English author
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