Definitions for THE MAN
the man

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1. the mannoun

   The oppressive powers that be, including the government and corporations; the system, as coordinated outside of one's control.

2. the mannoun

   The best man for a job.

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1. The Man

   The Man is a song by American vocalist Aloe Blacc. First included on his EP Wake Me Up, the song was later released as the second single from his third studio album Lift Your Spirit by Interscope Records. Blacc co-wrote the track with Sam Barsh, Daniel Seeff, and its producer DJ Khalil; Elton John and Bernie Taupin received songwriting credits for the song's interpolation of the line "You can tell everybody" from John's 1970 single "Your Song". The song has become Blacc's most successful single as a solo artist to date; it sold 2.5 million copies in the United States as of December 2014, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, "The Man" topped the charts in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and Sweden. On January 22, 2014, a remix of "The Man" featuring American rapper Kid Ink was released.

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1. The Man

   "The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise. The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.

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1. the man

   Read the full text of the The Man poem by Stephen Crane on the Poetry.com website.

Anagrams for THE MAN »

1. Hemant

2. hetman

3. nameth

4. anthem

How to pronounce THE MAN?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say THE MAN in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of THE MAN in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of THE MAN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of THE MAN in a Sentence

1. Franklin P. Adams:

   When the political columnists say 'every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.

2. Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols-- "Maxims and Arrows":

   THE DISAPPOINTED MAN SPEAKS.--I sought great human beings, I never found anything but the APES of their ideal.

3. Jane Austen:

   It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

4. Mahabharata:

   A bad man is as much pleased as a good man is distressed to speak ill of others.

5. Robert Southey:

   It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutalized his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/The_Man
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=THE MAN