Fannibal

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noun

A fan of the American television series Hannibal and/or of the fictional character Hannibal Lecter.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounFannibal (plural Fannibals)

plural Fannibals

  1. slanglifestyleA fan of the American television series Hannibal and/or of the fictional character Hannibal Lecter.

    I consider myself to be a “Fannibal.”

    2013 June 20, Julien Fielding, “What’s on TV: ‘Hannibal’ gives a better backstory to Dr. Lecter”, in The Daily Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, page 9A
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    “There was a tremendous groundswell of support from the Fannibals,” Fuller told The News, […]

    2014 March 11, Scott Neumyer, “NBC's 'Hannibal' returns with higher ratings”, in New York Daily News

    We can see why even the actors would get freaked out making Hannibal – it features some of the most disgusting corpses this side of The Walking Dead, which ‘Fannibals’ refer to as ‘tableaus’ because of their arty arrangements.

    2014 July, “Blood work”, in Total Film, page 25

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APA

Fannibal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fannibal

MLA

“Fannibal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fannibal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fannibal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fannibal.

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