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man

  • noun
  • /ˈmæn/

An adult male human.

Example

“The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.”

Other meanings

  1. All human males collectively: mankind.

  2. An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.

Synonyms

  • adult male

Example sentences

  • “A scholar is rarely a rich man.”

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  • “I knew you were a level-headed man.”

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  • “This man has a very strong temper.”

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Word history

From Old English "mann" (human being, person, man).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “man” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.