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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 239 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAVAGE , a word by derivation meaning belonging to the wilds or forests (O. Fr. See also:

salvage, mod.sauvage, See also:Late See also:Lat. silvaticus, See also:silva, See also:wood, See also:forest), hence See also:wild, uncultivated, See also:barbarian, and so used of races in an uncivilized or barbarous See also:condition, or of animals or human beings generally, untamed, ferocious.

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