Man (Noun)
Meaning 1
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".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The police officer was a tall, imposing man with a stern expression.
- He became a man of the world, traveling to distant lands and meeting new people.
- The old man sat alone on the park bench, watching children play.
- When the doctor came in, he was a man in his mid-40s with a kind face.
- The brave man rushed into the burning building to save his family.
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- Buster
- Cat
- Strapper
- Dude
- Baboo
- Macho-man
- Hombre
- Esq
- Graybeard
- Unmarried Man
- Philanderer
- Bozo
- Old Man
- Bruiser
- Greybeard
- Divorced Man
- Sod
- Beau
- Young Man
- Gallant
- Fashion Plate
- Clotheshorse
- Sheik
- Fellow
- Father Surrogate
- Womaniser
- Signior
- Swell
- Widowman
- Swain
- Castrate
- He-man
- Paterfamilias
- Samson
- Fop
- Methuselah
- Golden Boy
- Ironman
- Ex
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Meaning 3
Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 4
The generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 5
A male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 7
An adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 8
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".
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Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 9
A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 10
Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage.
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Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 11
One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea.
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Nouns denoting spatial position.