Word Finder - man

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An adult male human.

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The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.

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(collective) All human males collectively: mankind.

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A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)

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every man for himself

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(collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)

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A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.

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An male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

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An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.

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Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.

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A husband.

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A lover; a boyfriend.

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A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)

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Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.

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A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)

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I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.

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A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.

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A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.

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An adult male servant.

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A vassal; a subject.

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Like master, like man.

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A piece or token used in board games such as chess.

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Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.

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A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.

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Come on, man, we've got no time to lose!

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A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.

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Hey, man, how's it goin'?

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A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.

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Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.

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Man, that was a great catch!

The little man shook his bald head.

He didn't look like a rich man, but then, what did a rich man look like?

It was the same man, she was sure of it.

I asked without answering the man's question.

It was a strange thing for a man to say.

The man stepped out and those piercing blue eyes questioned her silently from under furrowed bows.

He may be a very bad man but we won't know until we have a friend of ours check the license plate.

In France there once lived a famous man who was known as the Marquis de Lafayette. When he was a little boy his mother called him Gilbert.

I'm an old man.

He watched a man and woman grab Eric when he went to the bathroom and with her hand over the boy's mouth, push him into a car.

I'm not dealing with the FBI, I'm dealing with Daniel Brennan, recent man of leisure.

The girl remained unconscious as the man drove away.

Say you're a world class swimmer and spot a drowning man.

Nothing was learned from the brief visit that contradicted what the man had said to me.

I really don't know any more than the man on the street.

At the first hint of below freezing weather, Howie was on the job, covering everything and reading up on all preventive measures known to man.

Where was he when your man spotted him?

She shook out the sexual energy running through her and turned on a light, not wanting to be alone in the dark while the dead man in her thoughts began to sob once more.

I am a very wealthy man.

He detailed the man's selection of clothes and the contents of his medicine cabinet as he shaved.

But sorry, they were as in the dark as the man on the street as to source or circumstance.

While Howie hadn't viewed the show, he was incensed at the man's attitude as described by Martha.

He provided details on the hotel, time and room number where the man allegedly stayed.

The stocky man was hooded, wore a mask and was already in the room!

I shook my head in wonder at this man.

The man was run down by a detective from After.

She was brutally murdered by the same man who killed young girls in Delaware, Alabama and several other states.

Next I was shown a photograph of a chubby cheeked man about forty, with short hair and a six o'clock shadow.

I asked, just as a stocky bearded man dressed in a brown religious smock came out of a side door.

Our man must have spent some time digging.

I can only applaud this man's ability to deduce.

I tried to think how I'd make such a request without getting Merrill Cooms' right hand man in trouble.

Let me put my man on the line.

But, alas, the danger was too great and I am a cautious man.

He was much more cordial now that he was immersed in what amounted to a major man hunt.

There are numerous side roads but this is becoming a massive man hunt.

Here she sat, covered in blood, drugged, one day from being all out crazy, then kidnapped—and the sight of the man before her turned her on.

Here in dwells an old man with whom I would like to converse.

With one leg in my house and one leg out, my man Aldo Benitez shot him.

Don't leave me here alone with that mad man on the loose!

The three left for the school office; Betsy, with a slight smile on her face, Molly looking excited and Julie wondering if she was dead man walking.

Did I trust this man I'd never met, enough to hand over all our identities?

The old man looks at Howie like puss on a pudding and Howie doesn't know why; it's really tense.

A man stopped to talk to us and tried to pat Bumpus.

I was afraid he'd bite the man and I'd get in big trouble.

It scared the man.

I'm good friends with a very troubled man.

How did the man you were discussing before dinner get caught, do you know?

I think the man who did it may have taken my wife and a young girl.

A civilian dressed older man stepped forward.