Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period, after the Tree and before the Flat. A famous community of troglodytes dwelt with David in the Cave of Adullam. The colony consisted of "every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented" -- in brief, all the Socialists of Judah.

One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller, or cave man. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.

someone who dwells in a cave

a hermit of sorts that chooses to live in the darkness of caves

a member of a primitive tribe of cave-dwelling people

an underground home of sorts

a person who lives in a cave

a primitive cave-dweller or hermit, or a person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish

a human being that lives in or frequently visits caves.