The Collaborative International Dictionary
Preadamite
Preadamite \Pre*ad"am*ite\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]adamite.]
An inhabitant of the earth before Adam.
One who holds that men existed before Adam.
Usage examples of "preadamite".
If a bishop were to say that Adam was Preadamite, we might think it a little odd.
Had the project code-named White Sphinx translated me to primogenial Pangea rather than to preadamite Africa?
Others give them a very great age and claim them to belong to preadamite man.