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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
troglodyte \trog"lodyte\, n. l. troglodytae, pl., gr. ? one
   who creeps into holes; ? a hole, cavern fr. ? to gnaw + ?
   enter: cf. f. troglodyte.
   1. ethnol. one of any savage race that dwells in caves,
      instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller, or cave
      man. most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
      1913 webster

            in the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the
            hurtful water it beareth called the "mad lake."
                                                  --holland.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. an anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. the wren.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
troglodyte
     n 1: one who lives in solitude syn: hermit, recluse, solitary,
           solitudinarian
     2: someone who dwells in a cave syn: caveman, cave man, cave
        dweller
see also:
hermit recluse solitary solitudinarian caveman cave man 
cave dweller 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
31 moby thesaurus words for "troglodyte":
   bronze age man, goth, hominidae, iron age man, neanderthal,
   stone age man, aboriginal, aborigine, ancient, animal,
   antediluvian, anthropoid, ape-man, autochthon, barbarian, brute,
   bushman, cave dweller, caveman, fossil man, hominid, humanoid,
   man of old, missing link, preadamite, prehistoric man, prehuman,
   primate, primitive, protohuman, savage




[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
troglodyte n. commodore 1. a hacker who never leaves his cubicle. the
   term `gnoll' from dungeons  dragons is also reported. 2. a curmudgeon
   attached to an obsolescent computing environment. the combination `its
   troglodyte' was flung around some during the usenet and email
   wringle-wrangle attending the 2.x.x revision of the jargon file; at
   least one of the people it was intended to describe adopted it with
   pride.



[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
troglodyte
     
         commodore 1. a hacker who never leaves his cubicle.
        the term "gnoll" from dungeons  dragons is also reported.
     
        2. a curmudgeon attached to an obsolescent computing
        environment.  the combination "its troglodyte" was flung
        around some during the usenet and e-mail wringle-wrangle
        attending the 2.x.x revision of the jargon file; at least
        one of the people it was intended to describe adopted it with
        pride.
     
        jargon file
     
        1995-01-11
     
     
see also:
usenet e-mail jargon file 
[6] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
troglodyte, n.  specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic
period, after the tree and before the flat.  a famous community of
troglodytes dwelt with david in the cave of adullam.  the colony
consisted of "every one that was in distress, and every one that was
in debt, and every one that was discontented" -- in brief, all the
socialists of judah.




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Dictionary.com/troglodyte
...troglodyte. troglodyte: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary. ... troglodyte. troglodyte was Word of the Day on November 3, 2001.. ... ..
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=troglodyte, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:07 pm

Battlefield Area Troglodyte Society
...What is the BATS?. BATS, the Battlefield Area Troglodyte Society, is a ... ..
http://cave.pure.net/~bats/, score=73, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 8:09 pm

Neverwinter Nights: Creature Profile: Troglodyte
...Creature Profile: Troglodyte.  . Troglodyte. Class:. Humanoid 2. Hit ... Although cunning and fierce in battle when the Troglodyte is angry or ... ..
http://nwn.bioware.com/builders/creature_profile_troglodyte.html, score=60, date indexed=January 28, 2006, 1:12 am

Troglodyte village Rochemenier - France
...A PROPOS DU VILLAGE TROGLODYTE / ABOUT THE TROGLODYTE VILLAGE ... VILLAGE / VILLAGE TROGLODYTE. ROCHEMENIER. LE SITE TROGLODYTE LE PLUS ... ..
http://www.troglodyte.info/, score=56, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 1:27 am

Dictionary.com/troglodyte
...troglodyte. troglodyte: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary. ... troglodyte. troglodyte was Word of the Day on November 3, 2001.. ... ..
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=troglodyte&r=2, score=52, date indexed=November 5, 2005, 6:44 am

troo, tourisme, troglodyte, france
...... troglodyte de france, visite touristique, randonnées, monuments, ... ..
http://www.troovillage.com/, score=51, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:00 pm

Reference.com/Web Search/troglodyte
...Troglodyte. Troglodyte seems to have emerged from the mists of time ... The Troglodyte. That The Troglodyte has is not only because I enjoy it ... ..
http://www.reference.com/search?q=troglodyte&db=web, score=50, date indexed=January 2, 2006, 7:39 pm

Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: troglodyte
...an admitted electronics-averse troglodyte like myself, who writes with ... Troglodyte comes from Latin Troglodytae, a people said to be cave ... ..
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2004/04/17.html, score=47, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 7:54 pm

Troglodyte - [ Welcome ]
...The mirrors page has been updated and troglodyte is now hosted on ... I designed Troglodyte at 1024X768 but it will look fine at anything ... ..
http://troglodyte.doesntexist.org/, score=46, date indexed=January 19, 2006, 10:35 pm

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