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• n  one who lives in solitude
• n  someone who lives in a cave

• That many have opted for the former view owes much to the sacrifices that seem to have been made by this rich but stoic troglodyte.
• Not just to throw Washington's hemispheric antagonists off base but to keep the region's military troglodytes from making a comeback.
• This week, President Bush tours the Continent, tries to persuade angry allies that he's not a troglodyte and searches for the soul of Vladimir Putin.

• hermit
• recluse
• solitary
• solitudinarian
• caveman
• cave man
• cave dweller

News & Articles

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• Jimmy Castor Bunch's Lawyers Get Neanderthal on Julio Bashmore's Ass
  Sometimes, life is easier underground. Last year, the Bristol producer Julio Bashmore lifted an extensive sample from the Jimmy Castor Bunch's 1972 funk hit "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" and used it as the spoken-word hook in his own song "
  June 24, 2013 - Spin

Quotes

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• Hugo Chávez in Catholic News Service
  Local media reported that Chavez called the cardinal a pig and said the cardinal "talks like a troglodyte and he tries to scare people about communism."
• Arthur Miller in Law.com
  I have spent my whole life with the federal rules, and this is one of the biggest deals I have ever seen,said New York University School of Law professor Arthur Miller, a longtime expert on civil procedure. "Me, old fogy troglodyte that I...
• Jack Abramoff in New York Times
  The [expletive] troglodytes didn't vote on you today,Abramoff responded. "What's a troglodyte?"