Mannoun
An adult male human.
âThe show is especially popular with middle-aged men.â;
Infonoun
(informal) information.
Mannoun
(collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
Infonoun
a message received and understood
Mannoun
A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. See usage notes.
âevery man for himselfâ;
Infonoun
information
âthe essential info that every seasoned traveller knowsâ;
Mannoun
(collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. Sometimes capitalized as Man.
Mannoun
A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
Mannoun
(obsolete) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.
Mannoun
An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
Mannoun
Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
Mannoun
A husband.
Mannoun
A lover; a boyfriend.
Mannoun
A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. Used as the last element of a compound.
âSome people prefer apple pie, but me, Iâm a cherry pie man.â;
Mannoun
A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. Used as the last element of a compound.
âI wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead Iâm a flag man on a road crew.â;
Mannoun
A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
Mannoun
A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
Mannoun
An adult male servant.
Mannoun
(historical) A vassal. A subject.
âall the king's menâ;
Mannoun
A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
Mannoun
Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
Mannoun
A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
âCome on, man, we've got no time to lose!â;
Mannoun
A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
âHey, man, how's it goin'?â;
Mannoun
(sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
Maninterjection
Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
âMan, that was a great catch!â;
Manverb
(transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
âThe ship was manned with a small crew.â;
Manverb
(transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
âMan the machine guns!â;
Manverb
To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. Compare man up.
Manverb
To wait on, attend to or escort.
Manverb
To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
Mannoun
A human being; - opposed to beast.
âThese men went about wide, and man found they none,But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one.â; âThe king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.â; â'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast!â;
Mannoun
An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.
âWhen I became a man, I put away childish things.â; âCeneus, a woman once, and once a man.â;
Mannoun
The human race; mankind.
âAnd God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion.â; âThe proper study of mankind is man.â;
Mannoun
The male portion of the human race.
âWoman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties.â;
Mannoun
One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
âThis was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elementsSo mixed in him that Nature might stand upAnd say to all the world "This was a man!"â;
Mannoun
An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
âLike master, like man.â; âThe vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.â;
Mannoun
A term of familiar address at one time implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the latter half of the 20th century it became used in a broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of address, but is not used in business or formal situations; as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?.
Mannoun
A married man; a husband; - correlative to wife.
âI pronounce that they are man and wife.â; âevery wife ought to answer for her man.â;
Mannoun
One, or any one, indefinitely; - a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
âA man can not make him laugh.â; âA man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship.â;
Mannoun
One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.
Manverb
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.
âSee how the surly Warwick mans the wall !â; âThey man their boats, and all their young men arm.â;
Manverb
To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.
Manverb
To tame, as a hawk.
Manverb
To furnish with a servant or servants.
Manverb
To wait on as a manservant.
Mannoun
an adult male person (as opposed to a woman);
âthere were two women and six men on the busâ;
Mannoun
someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force;
âtwo men stood sentry dutyâ;
Mannoun
the generic use of the word to refer to any human being;
âit was every man for himselfâ;
Mannoun
all of the inhabitants of the earth;
âall the world loves a loverâ; âshe always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the womenâ;
Mannoun
any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
Mannoun
a male subordinate;
âthe chief stationed two men outside the buildingâ; âhe awaited word from his man in Havanaâ;
Mannoun
an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent);
âthe army will make a man of youâ;
Mannoun
a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman;
âshe takes good care of her manâ;
Mannoun
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer;
âJeeves was Bertie Wooster's manâ;
Mannoun
one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
Mannoun
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games;
âhe taught me to set up the men on the chess boardâ; âhe sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantageâ;
Manverb
take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place;
âMr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morningâ;
Manverb
provide with men;
âWe cannot man all the desksâ;
Man
A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent).