Etymology : Middle English, from Old English man, mon human being, male human; akin to Old High German man human being, Sanskrit manu
Pronunciation : man,
in compounds "man
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. Isle of Man, island between England and Ireland; town in West Virginia (USA); town in Ivory Coast. adult male human; human being, person; human race, mankind; husband, boyfriend (Informal); game piece used in board games like checkers or chess. supply with men (as for service, defense, etc.); take one's place for service; strengthen, brace. expression or feeling that has no actual meaning (as in "Man, that was a hard task to do"; "Man, I am so tired"). man\man\, n.man of sin (script.), one who is the embodiment of evil, whose coming is represented (. ii. 3) as preceding the second coming of christ. [a hebraistic expression].
2. A human being; opposed to beast.
3. Especially: An adult male person; a grown- up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.
4. The human race; mankind.
5. The male portion of the human race.
6. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
7. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
8. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! A married man; a husband; correlative to wife.
9. One, or any one, indefinitely; a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
10. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.
11. To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
12. To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.
13. To tame, as a hawk.
14. To furnish with a servant or servants.
15. To wait on as a manservant. game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea an adult male person ; "there were two women and six men on the bus" a male person who plays a significant role in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man" an adult male person who has a manly character ; "the army will make a man of you" the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks" take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr.
16. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning".
17. Man. Manx.
18. 1. A man is an adult male human being. He had not expected the young man to reappear before evening I have always regarded him as a man of integrity. the thousands of men, women and children who are facing starvation.
19. Man and men are sometimes used to refer to all human beings, including both males and females. Some people dislike this use. The chick initially has no fear of man.
20. If you say that a man is, for example, a gambling man or an outdoors man, you mean that he likes gambling or outdoor activities. Are you a gambling man, Mr Graham?.
21. If you say that a man is, for example, a London man or an Oxford man, you mean that he comes from London or Oxford, or went to university there. as the Stockport man collected his winnings.
22. If you refer to a particular company's or organization's man, you mean a man who works for or represents that company or organization. the Daily Telegraph's man in Abu Dhabi.
23. Some people refer to a woman's husband, lover, or boyfriend as her man. if they see:
your man cuddle you in the kitchen or living room.
24. formulae In very informal social situations, man is sometimes used as a greeting or form of address to a man. Hey wow, man! Where d'you get those boots?.
25. If you man something such as a place or machine, you operate it or are in charge of it. the person manning the phone at the complaints department The station is seldom manned in the evening. see also:
manned, ladies' man, no-man's land.
26. If you say that a man is man enough to do something, you mean that he has the necessary courage or ability to do it. I told him that he should be man enough to admit he had done wrong.
27. If you describe a man as a man's man, you mean that he has qualities which make him popular with other men rather than with women.
28. approval If you say that a man is his own man, you approve of the fact that he makes his decisions and his plans himself, and does not depend on other people. Be your own man. Make up your own mind.
29. emphasis If you say that a group of men are, do, or think something to a man, you are emphasizing that every one of them is, does, or thinks that thing. To a man, the surveyors blamed the government.
30. A man-to-man conversation or meeting takes place between two men, especially two men who meet to discuss a serious personal matter. He called me to his office for a man-to-man talk Me and Ben should sort this out man to man.
31. the man in the street: see:
street man of the world: see world. An island of Great Britain in the Irish Sea off the northwest coast of England. Occupied in the 9th century by Vikings, it passed from Norway to Scotland in 1266 and to the earls of Salisbury and of Derby in the 14th century. Parliament purchased the island in 1765, and it remains an autonomous possession of the British crown. Manitoba. manned manning to work at, use, or operate a system, piece of equipment etc. Mountain Man 2002- Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Elephant Man man o' war bird erect man dexterous man man the wise Java man Man o' War Man Ray Man Isle of medicine man Portuguese man of war Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
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