/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Savage
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One who lives in a wood (Greek, hulē, a forest; Latin, silva; Spanish, salvage; Italian, selvaggio; French, sauvage).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.