cromagnon

[kroh-mag-nuhn, -non, -man-yuhn]

Cro-Mag·non

[kroh-mag-nuhn, -non, -man-yuhn]
noun
1.
an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
2.
a member of the Cro-Magnon population.

Origin:
1865–70; named after the cave (near Périgueux, France) where the first remains were found
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cromagnon definition

[kroˈmægnən]
  1. n.
    an ugly male. (Collegiate. Essentially caveman. From Cro-Magnon, the ancestor of the current human species. See also neanderthal, which is a variety of man presumed to be uglier and less like modern man.) : Who is that cromagnon you were with last night?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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