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Definition of 'man'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) man
an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.

2.  man
a member of the species Homo sapiens or all the members of this species collectively, without regard to sex.

3.  man
the human individual as representing the species, without reference to sex; the human race; humankind:
Man hopes for peace.

4.  man
a human being; person:
every man for himself.

5.  man
a husband.

6.  man
a male lover or sweetheart.

7.  man
a male having qualities considered appropriately masculine:
made a man of him.

8.  man
a male servant or attendant.

9.  man
a feudal tenant; vassal.

10.  man
Slang. a male friend; ally:
my main man.

11.  man
Slang. (used as a term of familiar address):
Man, take it easy.

12.  man
a playing piece used in certain games, as chess or checkers.

13.  man
Obs. manly character.

14.  man
an authoritative or controlling person or group.

15.  man
(among blacks) white persons collectively; white society.

16.  man
a person who is greatly admired:
He's the man.

17. (interj.) man
(used to express astonishment or delight):
Man, what a car!

18. (v.t.) man
to supply with people, as for service:
to man the ship.

19.  man
to take one's place at:
to man the ramparts; to man the phones.

20.  man
to strengthen; fortify:
to man yourself for danger.

21. (n.) Man
Isle of, an island of the British Isles, in the Irish Sea. 73,837; 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km).

Definition of 'man'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) man, adult male
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
"there were two women and six men on the bus"

2. (noun) serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
"two men stood sentry duty"

3. (noun) man
the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
"it was every man for himself"

4. (noun) homo, man, human being, human
any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

5. (noun) man
a male subordinate
"the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"

6. (noun) man
an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
"the army will make a man of you"

7. (noun) valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, man
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
"Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"

8. (noun) man
a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
"she takes good care of her man"

9. (noun) Man, Isle of Man
one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea

10. (noun) man, piece
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"

11. (verb) world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
"all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"

12. (verb) man
take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
"Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"

13. (verb) man
provide with workers
"We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"

Definition of 'man'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) man
a male human
two men in a car

2. man
the human species
the future of man

3. man
sb's boyfriend
I can't wait to meet her new man.

4. (interjection) man
indicates frustration, anger, surprise, etc.
Man, that's ugly!; Oh man! I broke it.

5. (verb) man
to provide the staff to work on or operate sth
to man the lifeboat

Definition of 'man'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) man
a human being; -- opposed tobeast

2. (noun) man
especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child

3. (noun) man
the human race; mankind

4. (noun) man
the male portion of the human race

5. (noun) man
one possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind

6. (noun) man
an adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject

7. (noun) man
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!

8. (noun) man
a married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife

9. (noun) man
one, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun

10. (noun) man
one of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played

11. (verb) man
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. (verb) man
to furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify

13. (verb) man
to tame, as a hawk

14. (verb) man
to furnish with a servants

15. (verb) man
to wait on as a manservant

Definitions of 'man'

The Roycroft Dictionary

man
1. A super-simian.

2. Holy dicebox of the devil.

3. God's scrapbook.

4. Anything allowed to stand at a public bar.

5. A biped with feathers in his or her hat.

6. A being said to be the highest work of God--and who admits it.

7. Any creature that creates a Creator in his own image.

8. A god in the crib.

Translation of 'man'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an adult male human being Hundreds of men, women and children; a four-man team.
Afrikaans: man	Arabic: رَجُل	Bulgarian: мъж
Brazilian: homem	Czech: muž	German: der Mann
Danish: mand; -mand	Greek: άντρας	Spanish: hombre
Estonian: mees	Farsi: مرد	Finnish: mies
French: homme	Hebrew: גֶבֶר, אִיש	Hindi: पुरूष
Croatian: muškarac	Hungarian: férfi	Indonesian: pria
Icelandic: maður, karlmaður	Italian: uomo	Japanese: 男
Korean: 성인 남자	Lithuanian: vyras, vyriškis	Latvian: vīrietis
Malay: lelaki	Dutch: man	Norwegian: mann(folk), kar
Polish: mężczyzna	Persian: مرد	Pashto: سړى
Portuguese: homem	Romanian: bărbat	Russian: мужчина
Slovak: muž	Slovenian: mož	Serbian: čovek
Swedish: man, karl	Thai: ผู้ชาย	Turkish: adam
Taiwanese: 男人	Ukrainian: людина, чоловік	Urdu: بالغ مرد
Vietnamese: đàn ông	Chinese: 男子
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