English Explanatory Dictionary

Cro-Magnon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The rock shelter in Les Eyzies, France, where the first Cro-Magnon Man specimens were found.
noun
  1. The earliest known form of modern human (Homo sapiens) in Europe, dating from the late Paleolithic.
  2. A backward and stupid person, a knuckle-dragger or troglodyte.

Pronunciation

/kroʊˈmænjən/ /-ˈmæɡnən/

Word forms

Cro-Magnon Cro-Magnons

Etymology

From French Cro-Magnon, from Occitan Cròs-Manhon. Named after Abri de Cro-Magnon, a rock shelter in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, France, where the first skeletons were found in 1868.

Synonyms

Cro-Magnon Man European early modern human

Related words

Cro-Magnid Cro-Magnoid
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