noble savages

plural of noble savage

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noble savages
Noun
  • There are barbarians with battle axes and swords, robots with laser guns, spaceships, a warlock with a skull for a face.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
  • In most academic histories of European imperialism written in this century, the Europeans are the barbarians, killing and raping and looting on an unprecedented scale.
    David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • Smoothbrain libs and savages can KMA.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
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