MAN


Meaning of MAN in English

n. 25B6; noun

a handsome man : MALE, adult male, gentleman; youth; informal guy, fellow, geezer, gent; Brit. informal bloke, chap, lad, cove; Scottish & Irish informal bodach; N. Amer. informal dude, hombre; Austral./NZ informal digger.

all men are mortal : HUMAN BEING, human, person, mortal, individual, personage, soul.

the evolution of man : THE HUMAN RACE, the human species, Homo sapiens, humankind, humanity, human beings, humans, people, mankind. See list at human .

the men voted to go on strike : WORKER, workman, labourer, hand, blue-collar worker. See also staff noun sense 1.

have you met her new man? : BOYFRIEND, partner, husband, spouse, lover, admirer, fiancé; common-law husband, live-in lover, significant other, cohabitee; informal fancy man, toy boy, sugar daddy, intended; N. Amer. informal squeeze; dated beau, steady, young man; archaic leman.

his man brought him a cocktail : MANSERVANT, valet, gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, attendant, retainer; page, footman, flunkey; Military, dated batman; N. Amer. houseman.

male, masculine, virile.

25B6; verb

the office is manned from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. : STAFF, crew, occupy, people.

firemen manned the pumps : OPERATE, work, use, utilize.

25A0; man to man FRANKLY, openly, honestly, directly, candidly, plainly, forthrightly, without beating about the bush; woman to woman.

25A0; to a man WITHOUT EXCEPTION, with no exceptions, bar none, one and all, everyone, each and every one, unanimously, as one.

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