man
verb
- 1
provide with workers
We cannot man all the desks
Students were manning the booths
- 2
take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning
noun
- 1
any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- 2
one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
- 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
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
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
there were two women and six men on the bus
- 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
an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
the army will make a man of you
- 8
the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
it was every man for himself
- 9
a male subordinate
the chief stationed two men outside the building
he awaited word from his man in Havana
- 10
someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
two men stood sentry duty
- 11
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man
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