Sentence:  'Well, my lord, I don't know,' said Freeman with a sort of jolly sneer; 'we have been dining with the <WSD>savages</WSD>.'/ 'They are not <WSD>savages</WSD>, Freeman.'/ 'Well, my lord, they have not much more clothes, anyhow; and as for knives and forks, there is not such a thing known.' 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.