Noun: troglodyte 'tró-glu,dIt
- Someone who lives in a cave
"Archaeologists discovered tools used by troglodytes thousands of years ago";
- cave dweller
- One who lives in solitude
"The troglodyte preferred the quiet of his remote cabin to the bustle of city life";
- hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian [rare]
- [informal] An unsophisticated, brutish, or deliberately ignorant person
"He dismissed his critics as troglodytes who couldn't understand modern art";
- trog [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: troglodytes
Type of: lone hand [informal], lone wolf, loner, primitive, primitive person
Encyclopedia: Troglodyte