man
Pronunciation: /ˈmæn/
The English word “man” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- An adult male human.
- All human males collectively: mankind.
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
- All humans collectively; mankind, humankind, humanity.
- A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
- A husband.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- A vassal; a subject.
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
Etymology
From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of mann and Manu. Cognates This word has many cognates, in every Germanic language (whether extant or extinct), with similarities in form and meaning. Virtually all the words below mean “man”…
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