grotbewoner

Compound of grot (“cave”) +‎ bewoner (“inhabitant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɔt.bəˌʋoː.nər/

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• Hyphenation: grot‧be‧wo‧ner

grotbewoner m (plural grotbewoners)

1. one (human or animal) who inhabits a cave; a troglodyte

This largely lacks the primitive and prehistoric connotations of holbewoner (“caveman, troglodyte”).