human being

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 See also

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[edit] Noun

human being (plural human beings)

1. A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, 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.

2. Another, extinct member of the genus Homo.

[edit] Synonyms

• human
• person
• See also Wikisaurus:person

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• ape
• chimpanzee