man

UK /ˈmæn/ US /ˈmæn/
name 13noun 6verb 5pron 3adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

An adult male human.

The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.

The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.

2

An adult male human.

Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.

3

An adult male human.

When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men.

"And they're very good people, I assure you — he's a Harvard man." It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.

4

An adult male human.

He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house[…]

I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn't mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to the[…]children and raise them[…].

5

An adult male human.

adj

1

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

intj

1

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

Man, that was a great catch!

"What happened to your eye?" she says. "Ice pick, Bayonne, 1985," he says. "Any other questions?" "Sorry, man, I was just asking."

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