noun
- An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman. )
- usage: "there were two women and six men on the bus"
- synonyms: man, adult male
- Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force.
- usage: "two men stood sentry duty"
- synonyms: serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
- The generic use of the word to refer to any human being.
- usage: "it was every man for himself"
- synonyms: man
- Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage.
- synonyms: homo, man, human being, human
- A male subordinate.
- usage: "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
- synonyms: man
- An adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent. )
- usage: "the army will make a man of you"
- synonyms: man
- A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer.
- usage: "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
- synonyms: valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, man
- A male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman.
- usage: "she takes good care of her man"
- synonyms: man
- One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea.
- synonyms: Man, Isle of Man
- Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games.
- usage: "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
- All of the living human inhabitants of the earth.
- usage: "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
- synonyms: world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man
- The force of workers available.
- synonyms: work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men
- A public toilet for men.
- synonyms: men's room
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