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ˈdʒiˌmæng-man

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. G-man, FBI agent, government mannoun

    a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Wiktionary

  1. G-mannoun

    A US government agent fighting organized crime in the interwar years.

  2. G-mannoun

    A fictional character based on this definition, eg, Dick Tracy.

  3. Etymology: Probably abbreviated from government man

Wikipedia

  1. g-man

    G-Man is an all-ages comic book or graphic novel written and illustrated by Chris Giarrusso and published by Image Comics. The comic has been published in the form of back-ups in other comic books as well as original one-shots and trade paperback collections. The comic features a young superhero who gains the powers of super strength, super endurance and flight when he wears a magic cape. G-Man and his friends were introduced in Giarrusso's "Comic Bits", published in Image's Savage Dragon series. There are two G-Man collections: Learning to Fly and Cape Crisis. The first volume, Learning to Fly, was published in 2009 by Image Comics. The second novel, Cape Crisis, was published in 2010. The character G-MAN previously made small appearances in the Savage Dragon series.

ChatGPT

  1. g-man

    A G-man is an informal term for an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or other federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. The term "G-man" stands for "Government man." It was first used in the 1930s during the era of gangsters and public enemies.

Wikidata

  1. G-Man

    The G-Man, voiced by Michael Shapiro, is a mysterious recurring character in the Half-Life series of first-person shooter video games. Described as a 'sinister interdimensional bureaucrat', he is known to display peculiar behavior and capabilities beyond that of a normal human. His identity and motives, however, remain almost completely unexplained. He plays the role of an overseer and employer, both observing the player as the games progress and pulling strings to control the outcome of specific events throughout the Half-Life saga. He claims to answer to some unseen higher authority which he refers to as simply his 'employers'. The G-Man's constant appearances in the Half-Life games, as well as his revealing monologues to the series’ protagonist Gordon Freeman, implying he is of great importance and somewhat an anchor to the endeavor of the player. His mysterious nature has made him an icon of the Half-Life series.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of g-man in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of g-man in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of g-man in a Sentence

  1. Tallulah Bankhead:

    No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah's husband. It's tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one.

  2. Imran Kishwar:

    As Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal got out of a car, a young man shot Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal. The assailant has been apprehended.

  3. Clay Higgins:

    We were crushed, as human beings, by the death of our little girl, for the only time in my life, I was not strong enough as a man for myself and my wife. And I can never forgive myself because I just didn’t have the strength to survive myself and pull her through.

  4. RJ Intindola:

    A wise man listens to gain knowledge and not to debate.

  5. John F. Kennedy, Introducing Pablo Casals at a White House dinner, November 1961, at which he performed publicly for the first t:

    We believe that an artist, in order to be true to himself and his work, must be a free man.


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