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1. | [ noun ] an adult male person (as opposed to a woman) | |
Synonyms: | adult_male | |
Examples: | "there were two women and six men on the bus" |
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Related terms: | woman male boy old_man guy sir Adam gentleman old_boy white_man boyfriend mister posseman bachelor stiff Monsieur Don dandy geezer signore Senor widower black_man exboyfriend bull adonis ex-husband junior Esquire eunuch babu yellow_man signor galoot patriarch Peter_Pan stud Senhor womanizer grass_widower bey Abel seth ejaculator wonder_boy father-figure hunk housefather Herr father_figure japheth buster inamorato middle-aged_man tarzan shaver hooray_henry ham iron_man shem ironside Cain adult_male_body | |
2. | [ noun ] (military,work) someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force | |
Synonyms: | military_man military_personnel serviceman | |
Examples: | "two men stood sentry duty" |
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Related terms: | civilian skilled_worker soldier military_officer veteran veteran artilleryman volunteer commando bluejacket Marine striper occupier enlisted_person noncombatant draftee air_force_officer military_unit military | |
3. | [ noun ] the generic use of the word to refer to any human being | |
Examples: | "it was every man for himself" |
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Related terms: | person | |
4. | [ noun ] all of the inhabitants of the earth | |
Synonyms: | world humanity human_race mankind human_beings humans humankind | |
Examples: | "all the world loves a lover" "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" |
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Related terms: | group people | |
5. | [ noun ] (zoology) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae | |
Synonyms: | human_being human homo | |
Related terms: | hominid Homo_habilis homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis Rhodesian_man Homo_soloensis Neanderthal_man Homo_erectus Homo_sapiens genus_Homo homo_erectus hand face arm foot human_body mane human_head body_hair loin earlobe body side prepubescent nutrition syndactyly hyperdactyly schistosome_dermatitis given_birth | |
6. | [ noun ] (work) a male subordinate | |
Examples: | "the chief stationed two men outside the building" "he awaited word from his man in Havana" |
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Related terms: | subordinate | |
7. | [ noun ] an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent) | |
Examples: | "the army will make a man of you" |
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Related terms: | male | |
8. | [ verb ] (work) take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place | |
Examples: | "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" |
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Related terms: | work | |
9. | [ noun ] (informal) a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman | |
Examples: | "she takes good care of her man" |
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Related terms: | woman male lover colloquialism | |
10. | [ noun ] (work) a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer | |
Synonyms: | valet gentleman's_gentleman gentleman valet_de_chambre | |
Examples: | "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" |
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Related terms: | manservant body_servant valet | |
11. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 13462 | |
12. | [ noun ] (geography) one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea | |
Synonyms: | Isle_of_Man | |
Related terms: | island | |
13. | [ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 1176 | |
14. | [ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3307 | |
15. | [ verb ] (work) provide with men | |
Examples: | "We cannot man all the desks" |
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Related terms: | staff crew valet | |
16. | [ noun ] (games) game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games | |
Synonyms: | piece | |
Examples: | "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board" "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" |
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Related terms: | game_equipment chessman checker white black | |
Similar spelling: |
Mahn main Mana mane Mani Many Mano Mann Mayon Mahon Maine Mahan mania Manie Maney Manno Maune Mayan Mayne Manna Mayen Manney many_a Mauney Mahone Mam Mahony Mayhan mamo Mama maim Mayme mamey mamma mammy Mamie ma'am |