Definition of man Man
/mæˈn/ - [man] - Ma•n
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| man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" | ||
| adult male | ||
| adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" | ||
| male person, male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) | ||
| grownup, adult any mature animal | ||
| adult male body, man's body the body of an adult man | ||
| black man a man who is Black | ||
| white man a man who is White | ||
| yellow man offensive term for an Asian man | ||
| baboo, babu used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' | ||
| unmarried man, bachelor a man who has never been married | ||
| bey the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire | ||
| boy (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy" | ||
| boyfriend, swain, beau, young man, fellow a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" | ||
| ex-boyfriend a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend | ||
| bruiser, strapper, samson, bull (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah | ||
| fop, beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, gallant, sheik, swell a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying) | ||
| ejaculator a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation | ||
| esq, esquire a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name | ||
| castrate, eunuch a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" | ||
| father figure, father surrogate a man who takes over all the functions of the real father | ||
| father-figure a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically | ||
| dude, buster, fellow a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something; "dam buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster" | ||
| galoot a disreputable or clumsy man | ||
| geezer a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric | ||
| gentleman a man of refinement | ||
| divorced man, grass widower a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife | ||
| hombre, bozo, guy, cat a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) | ||
| herr a German courtesy title or form of address for a man | ||
| hooray henry a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man | ||
| housefather a man in charge of children in an institution | ||
| hunk a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" | ||
| ex-husband, ex a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband | ||
| inamorato a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | ||
| iron man, ironman a strong man of exceptional physical endurance | ||
| ironside a man of great strength or bravery | ||
| adonis (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite" | ||
| middle-aged man a man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old | ||
| monsieur used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' | ||
| old boy, old man a vivacious elderly man | ||
| graybeard, greybeard, methuselah, old man an informal term for your father | ||
| paterfamilias, patriarch a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself | ||
| peter pan the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up | ||
| ponce a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses | ||
| posseman an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse | ||
| senhor a Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr' | ||
| shaver a razor powered by an electric motor | ||
| signior, signor used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately | ||
| signore an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name) | ||
| sir term of address for a man | ||
| stiff an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff" | ||
| he-man, macho-man, stud poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt | ||
| tarzan a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs | ||
| widower, widowman a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried | ||
| philanderer, womaniser, womanizer a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them | ||
| golden boy, wonder boy a man who is unusually successful at an early age | ||
| man - 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" | ||
| piece | ||
| game equipment equipment or apparatus used in playing a game | ||
| black black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black" | ||
| chequer, checker one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers | ||
| chess piece, chessman any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess | ||
| tile a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces | ||
| 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" | ||
| male person, male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) | ||
| lover a person who loves someone or is loved by someone | ||
| colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | ||
| man - an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" | ||
| male person, male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) | ||
| man - one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea | ||
| Isle of Man | ||
| man - the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" | ||
| man - a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" | ||
| man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | ||
| homo, human being, human | ||
| hominid a primate of the family Hominidae | ||
| genus homo type genus of the family Hominidae | ||
| lumbus, loin either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds | ||
| human beings, human race, humankind, humans, mankind, humanity, world, man the quality of being humane | ||
| homo erectus extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain; "Homo erectus was formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus" | ||
| homo soloensis extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus | ||
| homo habilis extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics | ||
| homo sapiens the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc | ||
| homo sapiens neanderthalensis, neandertal, neandertal man, neanderthal, neanderthal man extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia | ||
| bod, physical body, material body, human body, build, physique, anatomy, soma, flesh, chassis, shape, frame, figure, form alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" | ||
| body hair short hair growing over a person's body | ||
| head of hair, mane long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck | ||
| human head the head of a human being | ||
| human foot, pes, foot travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot" | ||
| arm the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person | ||
| manus, mitt, paw, hand a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped | ||
| human face, face a vertical surface of a building or cliff | ||
| homo rhodesiensis, rhodesian man a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa | ||
| man - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" | ||
| serviceman, military man, military personnel | ||
| civilian a nonmilitary citizen | ||
| skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker a worker who has acquired special skills | ||
| military force, military group, military unit, force a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
| air force officer, commander an officer in the airforce | ||
| artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner a serviceman in the artillery | ||
| bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy, sailor a serviceman in the navy | ||
| commando, ranger an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory | ||
| conscript, draftee, inductee someone who is drafted into military service | ||
| enlisted person a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer | ||
| devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier, marine a member of the United States Marine Corps | ||
| military officer, officer any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men" | ||
| noncombatant a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon) | ||
| occupier a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country | ||
| striper a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service; "he's a four-striper" | ||
| ex-serviceman, vet, veteran an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | ||
| veteran soldier, veteran an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | ||
| man - a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" | ||
| valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman | ||
| manservant a man servant | ||
| body servant a valet or personal maid | ||
| 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" | ||
| world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind | ||
| human, human being, homo, man any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | ||
| group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | ||
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| man - provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths" | ||
| staff provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed" | ||
| crew serve as a crew member on | ||
| man provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths" | ||
| man - take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" | ||
| man provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths" | ||
| do work, work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- man (Noun)
An adult male human. - man (Noun)
All humans collectively; mankind, humankind. Also Man. - man (Noun)
An abstract person; a person of either gender, usually an adult. - man (Noun)
A mensch; a person of integrity and honor. - man (Noun)
A piece or token used in board games such as chess. - man (Noun)
A person, often male, with duties or skills associated with a specified thing. - man (Noun)
A person, usually male, who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. - man (Noun)
A member of the species Homo sapiens , the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina. - man (Verb)
To supply with staff or crew of either sex. - man (Verb)
To take up position in order to operate something.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- man (n.)
A human being; -- opposed tobeast. - man (n.)
Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child. - man (n.)
The human race; mankind. - man (n.)
The male portion of the human race. - man (n.)
One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. - man (n.)
An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject. - man (n.)
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! - man (n.)
A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife. - man (n.)
One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun. - man (n.)
One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played. - man (v. t.)
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. - man (v. t.)
To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify. - man (v. t.)
To tame, as a hawk. - man (v. t.)
To furnish with a servants. - man (v. t.)
To wait on as a manservant.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A member of the human species. -
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The generic name for a piece used in board games. -
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All human beings. -
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An adult human member of the sex that begets young by fertilizing ova. -
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A large computer network that usually spans a city or a large campus.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A ship is frequently spoken of as man; as man-of-war, merchantman, Guineaman, East or West Indiaman, Greenlandman, &c. -
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To provide a competent number of hands for working and fighting a ship; to place people for duty, as "Man the barge;" "Man the capstan;" "Man the yards," &c. -
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A name given to the three guns mounted on ships' turrets.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like. Also, to supply with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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Something that "Goes first on four feet, then two feet, then three, but the more feet it goes on the weaker it be!"
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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Any undergraduate from fifteen to thirty. As a man of Emanuel--a young member of Emanuel.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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A man at five may be a fool at fifteen. -
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Man proposes, God disposes. -
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Man doth what he can, and God what He will.
Wikipedia 
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A man is a male human adult (male:not female; human:a person; adult:not a child). We use the word "man" (one "man", two or more "men") to talk about biological sex.
Manhood is the time in a man's life after he changes from a boy. A boy is a male human child, not a female child (a girl).
After boys grow, we call them a man. There are some times we also call a man a "boy". For example, we often use the word "boy" when talking about adult males who have a partner, for example in the word boyfriend. Sometimes people also use the word in a bad way for a black man or male slave.
Sex.
There are some sexual differences between a man and a woman. Men have sex organs which we call "external" (not in the body). But many parts of the male reproductive system are internal too. The study of male reproduction and sex organs is "andrology".
Men normally have the same illnesses as women, but there are some sexual illnesses which men have only, or more often.
Biology is not the only thing which makes people feel they are men, or that other people are men. Perhaps one in 100,000 people are men who were born without a male body. We call these "transgendered" or "transsexual" men. Some men can have a hormone or chromosomal difference (for example "androgen insensitivity syndrome"). Some men have other intersex conditions. Some of those intersex people who people said were female (girls) when they were born later want to change this.
About 20% of males, especially babies and children in the USA, h
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