Man

/ˈmæn/ · noun

Meaning

An adult male human..

Definitions by Sense

1. An adult male human.
2. (dated, formal) A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
3. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
4. A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
5. (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
6. A husband.
7. A male lover; a boyfriend.
8. Used as the last element of a compound.

Example Sentences

The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.

The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.

“I want you to know that I hate you, that I think you are a cur, and that I'll never, never speak to you again. Oh, I don't dare to say what I think of you, you — man!”

“[…]it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

every man for himself

Similarly, the next time you learn from your reading that the average man (you hear a good deal about him these days, most of it faintly improbable) brushes his teeth 1.02 times a day—a figure I have just made up, but it may be as good as anyone else's – ask yourself a question. How can anyone have found out such a thing? Is a woman who has read in countless advertisements that non-brushers are social offenders going to confess to a stranger that she does not brush her teeth regularly?

[…]a man cannot make him laugh.

Recompence to no man euill for euill.

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• men
• mans
• manning
• manned

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