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nounsomeone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
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nounan adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
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"Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"nouna manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employertype of:
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nounone of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
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nounany living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
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"she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"nounall of the living human inhabitants of the earth
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noungame equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
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"she takes good care of her man"nouna male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular womanOpposite:type of:
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"he awaited word from his man in Havana"nouna male subordinatetype of:
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"the army will make a man of you"nounan adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)type of:
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"We cannot man all the desks" "Students were manning the booths"verbprovide with workerstype of:
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"Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"verbtake charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
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"it was every man for himself"nounthe generic use of the word to refer to any human being
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work sir guy world someone boy person somebody black white human dude piece officer group boyfriend soul cat ex male lover crew fellow gentleman commander staff humans bull adult monsieur individual humanity marine mankind stiff bachelor volunteer mortal sailor herr swell vet ranger stud homo buster tile manly veteran tarzan beau babu sod dandy hunk voluntary geezer valet samson bey commando eunuch signor gunner widower bozo humankind grownup neanderthal ponce gallant subordinate castrate bruiser sheik womanizer hombre adonis shaver signore patriarch checker subsidiary esquire swain senhor philanderer signior hominid womaniser grouping draftee manservant conscript underling occupier methuselah serviceman inductee artilleryman ejaculator ironside striper ironman leatherneck bluejacket clotheshorse paterfamilias galoot fop noncombatant esq strapper greybeard inamorato chessman military man military personnel trained worker skilled workman skilled worker machine gunner military officer military volunteer navy man sailor boy ex-serviceman enlisted person devil dog shipboard soldier cannoneer veteran soldier air force officer adult male male person divorced man ex-boyfriend ex-husband posseman fashion plate father-figure father figure father surrogate peter pan old man golden boy grass widower graybeard old boy he-man middle-aged man hooray henry housefather macho-man iron man young man young buck wonder boy widowman baboo white man unmarried man gentleman's gentleman valet de chambre body servant isle of man human being homo sapiens neanderthalensis human beings neandertal neandertal man neanderthal man homo habilis human race homo erectus homo rhodesiensis homo sapiens rhodesian man homo soloensis game equipment chequer chess piece foot soldier do work