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A human being; -- opposed tobeast. |
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Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as
distinguished from a woman or a child. |
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The human race; mankind. |
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The male portion of the human race. |
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One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of
manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. |
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An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject. |
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A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the
speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man,
we 've no time to lose! |
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A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife. |
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One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the
Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun. |
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One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or
draughts, are played. |
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To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or
complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to
guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort. |
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To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for
efficiency; to fortify. |
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To tame, as a hawk. |
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To furnish with a servants. |
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To wait on as a manservant. |