A man who is wild, in various senses of the adjective. (wild, adj. 5) An uncivilized or primitive man; a man reverted to a primitive state; = savage…

A wild man of the woods; a satyr, faun; a person dressed to represent such a being in a pageant. Cf. wild man, n.

A wild or savage person.

Used for woodwose, n.

A person living in a wild state; a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized. Cf. noble savage, n.

An inhabitant of the woods; (a figure representing) a wild man; = woodwose, n. Obsolete.

A rude, wild, uncivilized person.

= woodwose, n., woodman, n.1 4.

figurative (applied to a person or thing).

One born among the brutes.

transferred. A wild man from the mountains.

A man of degraded bestial nature. Also attributive and in other combinations, as Caliban-like adj.

One who is half-barbarian.

derogatory (offensive). In extended use. A person of inferior intellect or culture; an uncivilized or ignorant person.

= semi-barbarian, n.

In extended use. A person of unorthodox, uncultivated or backward beliefs, tastes, etc.; a person who has not been converted to the current…