5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Troglodyte  \Trog"lo*dyte\,  n.  [L.  troglodytae,  pl.,  Gr  ?  one 
  who  creeps  into  holes;  ?  a  hole,  cavern  (fr.  ?  to  gnaw)  +  ? 
  enter:  cf  F.  troglodyte.] 
  1.  (Ethnol.)  One  of  any  savage  race  that  dwells  in  caves, 
  instead  of  constructing  dwellings;  a  cave  dweller.  Most  of 
  the  primitive  races  of  man  were  troglodytes. 
 
  In  the  troglodytes'  country  there  is  a  lake,  for  the 
  hurtful  water  it  beareth  called  the  ``mad  lake.'' 
  --Holland. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  An  anthropoid  ape,  as  the  chimpanzee. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  wren. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  troglodyte 
  n  1:  one  who  lives  in  solitude  [syn:  {hermit},  {recluse}] 
  2:  someone  who  dwells  in  a  cave  [syn:  {caveman},  {cave  man},  {cave 
  dweller}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  troglodyte  n.  [Commodore]  1.  A  hacker  who  never  leaves  his 
  cubicle.  The  term  `gnoll'  (from  Dungeons  &  Dragons)  is  also  reported. 
  2.  A  curmudgeon  attached  to  an  obsolescent  computing  environment. 
  The  combination  `ITS  troglodyte'  was  flung  around  some  during  the  Usenet 
  and  email  wringle-wrangle  attending  the  2.x.x  revision  of  the  Jargon 
  File;  at  least  one  of  the  people  it  was  intended  to  describe  adopted  it 
  with  pride. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  troglodyte 
 
    (Commodore)  1.  A  hacker  who  never  leaves  his  cubicle. 
  The  term  Gnoll"  (from  Dungeons  &  Dragons)  is  also  reported. 
 
  2.  A  curmudgeon  attached  to  an  obsolescent  computing 
  environment.  The  combination  "ITS  troglodyte"  was  flung 
  around  some  during  the  {Usenet}  and  {e-mail}  wringle-wrangle 
  attending  the  2.x.x  revision  of  the  {Jargon  File};  at  least 
  one  of  the  people  it  was  intended  to  describe  adopted  it  with 
  pride. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1995-01-11) 
 
 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  TROGLODYTE,  n.  Specifically,  a  cave-dweller  of  the  paleolithic 
  period,  after  the  Tree  and  before  the  Flat.  A  famous  community  of 
  troglodytes  dwelt  with  David  in  the  Cave  of  Adullam.  The  colony 
  consisted  of  "every  one  that  was  in  distress,  and  every  one  that  was 
  in  debt,  and  every  one  that  was  discontented"  --  in  brief,  all  the 
  Socialists  of  Judah. 
 
 

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