Natives
Savages
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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They feel that they are required to teach the natives how to give birth and how to wash their babies, and naturally, the heathen savages have to be converted.
Source: White Man's Burden -
Infrequent abhorrent acts of violence perpetrated by the natives against the intruders led to the perception that all natives were brutal savages, especially considering that the settlers were all saints.
Source: The Savage Indian - Even though the English miners committed the original wrong, the natives were far from innocent noble savages.
Source: Anvilicious / Western Animation
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