Man

  • 101Man — Synonyms and related words: American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 102Man — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Man >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 man man male he him Sgm: N 1 manhood manhood &c.(adolescence) 131 Sgm: N 1 gentleman gentleman sir master Sgm: N 1 sahib …

    English dictionary for students

  • 103man*/*/*/ — [mæn] (plural men [men] ) noun I 1) [C] an adult male human a jury of nine men and three women[/ex] a man s overcoat[/ex] a man of 64 (= who is 64 years old)[/ex] a nice young man[/ex] 2) [U] people in general. Some people avoid this word because …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 104Man (1) — 1. * Man, eine Partikel, welche nur im Niederdeutschen und den nördlichern Sprachen gangbar, den Hoch und Oberdeutschen aber unbekannt ist. Sie bedeutet, 1) aber. Ich weiß es wohl, man (aber) ich sage es nicht. 2) Nur. Das ist ja man (nur) ein… …

    Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • 105man — 1. noun /mæn,mɑn/ a) All humans collectively; mankind, humankind. Also Man. How did God create man? b) An abstract person; a person of either gender, usually an adult. God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge,… …

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  • 106man — man1 Pron. std. (8. Jh.), mhd. man, ahd. man, as. man Stammwort. Wie in ae. man, afr. ma, me Abschwächung des Wortes Mann Mann, Mensch zum unpersönlichen Pronomen. Entsprechend frz. on aus l. homo. ✎ Gray, L. H. Word 1 (1945), 19 32; Röhrich 2… …

    Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • 107man —    1. a woman s male sexual partner    Sometimes her husband; sometimes as different from her husband:     He is not my man, he is my husband. (Evesham Journal, 1899, quoted in EDD)    Man friend is explicit in this sense of someone other than… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 108-man — off aff. a combining form of man layman; postman[/ex] • usage: The use of man as the last element in compounds referring to a person of either sex who performs some function (anchorman; chairman; spokesman) has declined in recent years. In some… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 109man — (Ağcabədi, Ağsu, Bakı, Bərdə, Cəbrayıl, Füzuli, İmişli, Kürdəmir, Qarakilsə, Lənkəran, Salyan) 1. eyib. – Qoja adama kö:nə geymək man döyi (İmişli); – Rübeydə heç man zad bilmir, kişilərin yanında söyüş söyür (Lənkəran); – Oi özüə man bilmə, nə… …

    Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti

  • 110man up — verb /mænʌp/ a) to be a man about it ; to do the things a good man is traditionally expected to do, such as: taking responsibility for the consequences of ones actions; displaying bravery or toughness in the face of adversity; providing for ones… …

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