man

verb

  1. 1

    provide with workers

    We cannot man all the desks

    Students were manning the booths

  2. 2

    take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

    Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning

noun

  1. 1

    any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

  2. 2

    one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea

  3. 3

    all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

    all the world loves a lover

    she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women

  4. 4

    game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games

    he taught me to set up the men on the chess board

    he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage

  5. 5

    an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

    there were two women and six men on the bus

  6. 6

    a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman

    she takes good care of her man

  7. 7

    an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)

    the army will make a man of you

  8. 8

    the generic use of the word to refer to any human being

    it was every man for himself

  9. 9

    a male subordinate

    the chief stationed two men outside the building

    he awaited word from his man in Havana

  10. 10

    someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

    two men stood sentry duty

  11. 11

    a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer

    Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man

Synonyms

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