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Man

noun

(pl. men)

1.

An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman). Synonym: adult male.

2.

Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force. Synonyms: military man, military personnel, serviceman.

3.

The generic use of the word to refer to any human being.

4.

Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. Synonyms: homo, human, human being.

5.

A male subordinate. "He awaited word from his man in Havana"

6.

An adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent).

7.

A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer. Synonyms: gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, valet, valet de chambre.

8.

A male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman.

9.

One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea. Synonym: Isle of Man.

10.

Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games. Synonym: piece. "He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"

11.

All of the living human inhabitants of the earth. Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, mankind, world. "She always used 'humankind' because 'mankind' seemed to slight the women"

verb

(past & past part. manned; pres. part. manning)

1.

Take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place.

2.

Provide with workers. "Students were manning the booths"

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"Man" Quotes from Famous Books

... fortunate enough to find an old acquaintance, who accompanied me through the wards, and rendered it unnecessary for me to trouble the busy nurses. This was an old 97th man—a Sergeant T——, whom I had known in Kingston, and who was slowly recovering from an attack of dysentery, and making himself of use here until the doctors should let him go back and have another "shy at the Rooshians." He is very glad to meet me, and tells me his history ...

— Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands • Mary Seacole

... little premature," he added, "but you mustn't blame me. Put yourself in my place. If you were a young man and loved a girl as sweet as Polly and were walking home with her ...

— Darrel of the Blessed Isles • Irving Bacheller

... the Bishop's favorite room. This is not at all because he is a man of humble mind; but because the kitchen is one of the finest rooms in the house. The Bishop has neither the income nor the appetite to have his cooking done there. The windows, high up in the wall, look north and south. ...

— Getting Married • George Bernard Shaw

... severe-visaged, square-jawed man, gave Tank Dysart only a glance of ire from under his hat-brim, as if the matter were not worth the ...

— Who Crosses Storm Mountain? - 1911 • Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)

... and Miss Martin was retained for the day. The snow still fell, and the old man in the lacquered bed was still unconscious, his stertorous breathing ...

— The Tin Soldier • Temple Bailey

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