man

Meaning

Noun

1. An adult male human.
2. (collective) An adult male human.
3. An adult male human.
4. An adult male human.
5. An adult male human.
6. A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
7. (collective) A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
8. A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
9. A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
10. (obsolete, uncommon, uncountable) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
11. A husband.
12. A male lover; a boyfriend.
13. Used as the last element of a compound.
14. Used as the last element of a compound.
15. A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
16. (historical) A vassal; a subject.
17. A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
18. One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
19. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
20. 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.
21. A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
22. (slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.

Adj

Synonym of manly. (Only used in man enough.)

Intj

Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.

Pron

1. (Multicultural-London-English, personal, pronoun, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
2. (Multicultural-London-English, personal, pronoun, slang) You; construed in the third person.
3. (Multicultural-London-English, indefinite, personal, pronoun, slang) Any person, one

Verb

1. (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
2. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
3. (dated, possibly, reflexive) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
4. (obsolete, transitive) To wait on, attend to or escort.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

Name

A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

Synonyms

male

♂️

person

🧑‍🦱

human being

husband

🤵

human

mankind

boy

👦

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

fellow

mortal

guy

one

humanity

human beings

humankind

gentleman

🤵‍♂️

piece

staff

adult male

male person

individual

woman

👩

human race

hero

🦸‍♂️

son

soul

chap

humans

bloke

attendant

creature

homo

gentleman’s gentleman

pawn

Man

👨

class

spouse

soldier

valet

servant

bachelor

serviceman

personage

character

single

valet de chambre

living being

brace

aborigine

hubby

Translations

homme

👨

hombre

👨

uomo

🧑‍🦱

Mann

👨

homem

♂️

man

👨

Mensch

home

👨

άνδρας

varón

mens

mâle

♂️

vir

👨

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mæn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: man

Inherited from Old English: mann

Inherited from Middle English: mannen

Inherited from Old English: mannian

Cognate with Dutch: bemannen

Cognate with German: bemannen

Cognate with Danish: bemande

Cognate with Swedish: bemanna

Cognate with Icelandic: manna

In summary

From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- m, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of Manu.
See also Saterland Frisian Mon, West Frisian man, Dutch man, Low German Mann, German Mann, Swedish man, Norwegian Nynorsk mann, Danish mand.

Sentences

Where did you say this man worked ?

The old man knew how to read , and had already read the book .

The old man returned the book to the boy .

An older man is walking along the street in front of a woman .

" You have helped me ." The man continued to prepare his tea , saying nothing .

I have to find a man who knows that universal language .