Noun

(men)

An adult male human.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry V , act 4, scene 1:

The king is but a man , as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.

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*:“it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

(lb) All human males collectively: mankind.

* 2011 , Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In , p.109:

Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.

A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry IV, Part 2 , act 4, scene 2:

a man cannot make him laugh.

* 1611 , Bible (KJV), (w) 12.17:

Recompence to no man euill for euill.

* (Joseph Addison), Monaco, Genoa, &c. , p.9:

A man would expect, in so very ancient a town of Italy, to find some considerable antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Rostrum of a Roman ship, that stands over the door of their arsenal.

* 1991' edition (original: '''1953 ), Darell Huff, ''[//archive.org/details/HowToLieWithStatistics How to Lie with Statistics] , pp.19–20:

Similarly, the next time you learn from your reading that the average man (you hear a good deal about him these days, most of it faintly improbable) brushes his teeth 1.02 times a day—a figure I have just made up, but it may be as good as anyone else's – ask yourself a question. How can anyone have found out such a thing? Is a woman who has read in countless advertisements that non-brushers are social offenders going to confess to a stranger that she does not brush her teeth regularly?

(lb) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity.

* 1647 , Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:

How did God create man ?

God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

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

* 1990 , The Almanac of Science and Technology (ISBN 0151050503), p.68:

The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man , in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.

(lb) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.

* A Gest of Robyn Hode'', in the ''Child Ballads :

For God is holde a ryghtwys man .

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Much Ado about Nothing , act 3, scene 5:

God's a good man .

* 1609 , (Ben Jonson), :

Expect: But was the devil a proper man , gossip?

As fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any where else.

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

* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), :

He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house

* 2011 , Timothy Shephard, Can We Help Us?: Growing Up Bi-Racial in America (ISBN 1456754610), p.181:

I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn't mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to the.

Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.

* 1598 , (Ben Jonson), (Every Man in His Humour)

Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man , and sweetness in his carriage, /

A husband.

* Book of Common Prayer :

I pronounce that they are man and wife.

* 1715 , (Joseph Addison), The Freeholder :

In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man .

A lover; a boyfriend.

A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.

A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.

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

* 2007 , Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night (ISBN 0778324567), p.553:

*:"She's the man for the job."

* 2008 , Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season (ISBN 160239329X), p.148:

Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she's your man —

* 2012 , The Island Caper: A Jake Lafferty Action Novel (ISBN 1622951999), p.34:

He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man .

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

* 1909 , Harper's Weekly , Vol.53, p.iii:

When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men .

* 1913 , Robert Herrick, One Woman's Life , p.46:

*:"And they're very good people, I assure you — he's a Harvard man ." It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.

An adult male servant. (lb) A vassal. A subject.

(old proverb)

* William Blackstone:

The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honour.

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

* 1883 , Henry Richter, Chess Simplified! , p.4:

The white men' are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black ' men are placed opposite.

(non-gloss definition, Used to refer to oneself or one's group): I, we; (construed in the third person).

* 2011 , (Top Boy) :

*:Sully: If it weren’t for that snake ... Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.

Noun

(en noun)

That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.

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A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.

An individual object or distinct entity.

(informal) Something that is normal or generally recognised.

(legal) Whatever can be owned.

The latest fad or fashion.

(in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.

(informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.

(informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.

(slang) A penis.

* 1959 , , (Naked Lunch) , 50th anniversary edition (2009), p. 126:

“Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing .”

A living being or creature.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Revenge of the nerds , passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}

That which matters; the crux.

* 1914 , Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, The Movie Man] [playscript:

Don’t forget to have Gomez postpone that shooting thing . (in reference to the execution of Fernandez)

(chiefly, historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

* 1974 , Jón Jóhannesson, A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth: Íslendinga Saga , translated by Haraldur Bessason, page 46:

In accordance with Old Germanic custom men came to the thing fully armed, [...]

* 1974', Jakob Benediktsson, ''Landnám og upphaf allsherjarríkis'', in ''Saga Íslands'', quoted in '''1988 by Jesse L. Byock in ''Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power , page 85:

The goðar'' seem both to have received payment of ''thing-fararkaup from those who stayed home and at the same time compensated those who went to the thing , and it cannot be seen whether they had any profit from these transactions.

* 1988 , Jesse L. Byock, Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power , page 59:

All Icelandic things were skap-thing , meaning that they were governed by established procedure and met at regular legally designated intevals at predetermined meeting places.