man

ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mandingo.

An adult male human.

• The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.

All human males collectively: mankind.

An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.

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

An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.

A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.

• every man for himself

All humans collectively; mankind, humankind, humanity.

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

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

Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.

A husband.

A male lover; a boyfriend.

• Stay away from my man!

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

• Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.
• I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.

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

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

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

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

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

A vassal; a subject.

• Like master, like man.
• all the king's men

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

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

• Man, that was a great catch!

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

• Man's got some new creps.

You; construed in the third person.

• Man thinks I was born yesterday.

Any person, one

• Man don't care.

To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).

• The ship was manned with a small crew.

To take up position in order to operate (something).

• Man the machine guns!

To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way.

To wait on, attend to or escort.

To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.