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Noun (men)

1. An adult male human being.

a small man with mischievous eyes

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2. A male member of a workforce, team, etc.

Johnson took the ball past three men and scored

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3. (men) Ordinary members of the armed forces as distinct from the officers.

he had a platoon of forty men to prepare for battle

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4. A person's husband, boyfriend, or male lover.

My love is deep and true with my man.

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5. A male person associated with a particular place, activity, or occupation.

I'm a professional philosopher, not a medical man.

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6. A person with the qualities traditionally associated with males, such as bravery, spirit, or toughness.

He's more of a man than you'll ever be.

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7. A male pursued or sought by another, especially in connection with a crime.

Hugh Miller is convinced that Loring is his man, but he can't find any concrete evidence.

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8. A manservant or valet.
9. A vassal.

By taking service in William's army he had become the man of the Duke of the Normans.

10. A human being of either sex; a person.

God cares for all men

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11. Human beings in general; the human race.

Genesis in fact hints that there was evil present in the world before the fall of man.

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12. A male individual; one.

a man could buy a lot with eighteen million dollars

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13. A type of prehistoric human named after the place where the remains were found.

Cro-Magnon man

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14. (the Man) A group or person in a position of authority over others, such as a corporate employer or the police.

There was a time where men had to fight to be the head honcho, The Man.

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15. White people collectively regarded as the controlling group in society.

But all black officers face the same occupational hazard: race-based taunting. ‘You work for the Man!’

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16. A figure or token used in playing a board game.

Mr Kravchuk, who prides himself on his chess-playing prowess, did not give up his man easily.

Verb (mans, manning, manned)

1. (of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification)

The ship is manned by a staff of 700 who come from 25 countries.

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2. Provide someone to fill (a post)

the chaplaincy was formerly manned by the cathedral

3. Fortify the spirits or courage of.

he manned himself with dauntless air

Exclamation

1. Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis.

You got to stop drinking, man!

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Usage

1. Traditionally, the word man has been used to refer not only to adult males but also to human beings in general, regardless of sex. There is a historical explanation for this: in Old English, the principal sense of man was ‘a human being’, and the words wer and wif were used to refer specifically to ‘a male person’ and ‘a female person’, respectively. Subsequently, man replaced wer as the normal term for ‘a male person’, but at the same time the older sense ‘a human being’ remained in use. In the second half of the 20th century, the generic use of man to refer to ‘human beings in general’ (as in reptiles were here long before man appeared on the earth) became problematic; the use is now often regarded as sexist or old-fashioned. In some contexts, terms such as the human race or humankind may be used instead of man or mankind. Certain fixed phrases and sayings, such as time and tide wait for no man can be easily rephrased (e.g., time and tide wait for no one). Alternatives for other related terms exist as well: the noun manpower, for example, can usually be replaced with staff or crew, and in most cases, the verbal form to man can be expressed as to staff or to operate

Man up

1. Be brave or tough enough to deal with a difficult or unpleasant situation.

He told me to man up, then slapped me.

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Origin

1. Old English man(n), (plural) menn (noun), mannian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch man, German Mann, and Sanskrit manu ‘mankind’.

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