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man

Pronunciation: /mɑn/

“man” is an Old English word. Its 6 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
  2. they, people (people in general)
  3. someone, somebody (some unspecified person)
  4. they (some unspecified group of people)
  5. often used where modern English would use the passive voice

noun

  1. crime, sin, wickedness

Etymology

From mann.

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