human being
English
Noun
human being (plural human beings)
- A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, VII xiv:
- He began to reflect that in a few Minutes he might possibly deprive a human Being of Life, or might lose his own.
- Another, extinct member of the genus Homo.
Synonyms
- human
- person
- See also Thesaurus:person
Translations
a human being — see human
person
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