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man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" |
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adult female,
woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
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male person,
male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
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grownup,
adult any mature animal
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adult male body,
man's body the body of an adult man
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black man a man who is Black
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white man a man who is White
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yellow man offensive term for an Asian man
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baboo,
babu used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
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unmarried man,
bachelor a man who has never been married
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bey the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire
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boy (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy"
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boyfriend,
swain,
beau,
young man,
fellow a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"
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ex-boyfriend a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend
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bruiser,
strapper,
samson,
bull (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah
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fop,
beau,
clotheshorse,
dandy,
dude,
fashion plate,
gallant,
sheik,
swell a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying)
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ejaculator a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation
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esquire a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
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castrate,
eunuch a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"
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father figure,
father surrogate a man who takes over all the functions of the real father
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father-figure a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically
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dude,
buster,
fellow a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something; "dam buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster"
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galoot a disreputable or clumsy man
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geezer a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric
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gentleman a man of refinement
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divorced man,
grass widower a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife
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hombre,
bozo,
guy,
cat a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
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herr a German courtesy title or form of address for a man
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hooray henry a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man
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housefather a man in charge of children in an institution
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hunk a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal"
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ex-husband,
ex a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
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inamorato a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
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iron man,
ironman a strong man of exceptional physical endurance
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ironside a man of great strength or bravery
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adonis (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"
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middle-aged man a man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old
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monsieur used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
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old boy,
old man a vivacious elderly man
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graybeard,
greybeard,
methuselah,
old man (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
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paterfamilias,
patriarch a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
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peter pan the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up
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ponce a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses
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posseman an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse
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senhor a Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr'
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shaver a razor powered by an electric motor
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signior,
signor used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately
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signore an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name)
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sir term of address for a man
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stiff an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff"
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he-man,
macho-man,
stud poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt
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tarzan a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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widower,
widowman a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
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philanderer,
womaniser,
womanizer a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
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golden boy,
wonder boy a man who is unusually successful at an early age
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young buck,
young man a teenager or a young adult male
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man - 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" |
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game equipment equipment or apparatus used in playing a game
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black black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"
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chequer,
checker one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
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chess piece,
chessman any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
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tile a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
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white (board games) the lighter pieces
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man - 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" |
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woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
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male person,
male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
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lover a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
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colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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man - an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" |
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male person,
male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
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Man - one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea |
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british isles Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
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man - the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" |
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mortal,
somebody,
someone,
individual,
person,
soul a single organism
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man - a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" |
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underling,
foot soldier,
subordinate,
subsidiary an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
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man - provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths" |
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staff provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"
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crew serve as a crew member on
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man provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"
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man - take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" |
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man provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"
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do work,
work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"
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