Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)The human being viewed as a tool maker and user, or having evolutionarily reached the stage of tool use.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin homō faber (“man the maker”, literally “ingenious man”).

Borrowed from Latin homō faber (“man the maker”, literally “ingenious man”).

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