Meaning of troglodyte

trog•lo•dyte

Pronunciation: (trog'lu-dīt"), [key]

— n.

a prehistoric cave dweller.
a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.
a person living in seclusion.
a person unacquainted with affairs of the world.
an animal living underground.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

See also:

troglodyte (Thesaurus)

troglobiont trogon

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