Word Finder - men

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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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(collective) (The) people, humanity.

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(collective) enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).

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"Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant.

I want to know what you men are like.

If women weren't attracted to them, maybe men could control themselves.

These men were not afraid of the king's soldiers.

The men were crossing themselves.

Men have told me that there is no riddle so cunning that you can not solve it.

One day in spring four men were riding on horseback along a country road.

Three men talking to each other on a sidewalk certainly wasn't enough to tell the police – except Len.

One day some men were sitting by the door of a hotel in Baltimore.

I thought they desired the freedom of their fellow men as well as their own.

Men get ideas when their wives are at home trying to be everything a man expects of them.

Anyway, why do men have to act on every idea that crosses their mind?

As he turned the horse around, he eyed the men suspiciously.

With a final glance at the approaching figures, she dropped from the wagon seat and sauntered over to join the men at the cook fire.

Ethel Reagan, the writer, noted the tips were telephoned from various locations across the country and provided by both men and women.

One of the men is staying up with her.

Not all men were unfaithful lechers.

Maybe he was one of those men who felt they needed to protect and care for all women.

Did you know some of them; the men who did what you did?

She let her stern gaze rest on each of the men before responding.

Cassie tapped her boot toe against the footrest and shifted restlessly in the seat while the men exchanged greetings.

The two men talked for a few minutes and then one rider turned his bay horse toward the wagons.

The wattle wall the men had brought was set up in a semicircle by the Eighth Company as a shelter from the north, propped up by musket rests, and a campfire was built before it.

Waiting until they were out of view from the men at the corral, Carmen rode up beside Alex.

I suspect I'd have a lot of young men to answer to if anything happened to you out here.

The next day, all the priests and learned men went out to beg for mercy.

People specialized, technology advanced, and as a result, men walked on the moon.

The squares are cut out, so that the men stand in them firmly.

His descendants were weak men and they too ruled France badly.

The men are as guilty as she is.

Alex had asked one of the men go into town and rent a car for them.

I've killed both the men who came for her and will kill any others.

He taught that men ought to be kind even to their enemies.

Many stores were burned, and four men were killed.

All the learned men marveled at her intelligence and gaiety.

As I walked in the woods to see the birds and squirrels, so I walked in the village to see the men and boys; instead of the wind among the pines I heard the carts rattle.

It's only natural that men want to touch you.

She stood across the parking lot, talking to three suited men.

I've had bad luck with men.

Two men sat at the table, one with blond hair and the other like something out of a movie.

She'd shot two men with it.

He pulsed as strongly as the two blocked men with the power he'd absorbed.

His men worship him.

He's good to his men.

Dean was certain the driver was Alfred Nota, one of the men he'd hassled at Vinnie Baratto's place.

Did he know the men were inexperienced riders?

That was best until the men gained a little confidence riding.

Long ago she had learned to ignore the second glances, open stares, and sometimes even suggestive leers of men.

You need to be careful around men.

She could wear men's clothes and crack that whip all she wanted, but she was still a woman at heart - and he knew it.

He wasn't the first man she had kissed and she had never considered herself promiscuous with other men.