Definition of man

noun (n)

• an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) (noun.person)

  Synonym: adult male
  Antonym: adult female, woman
  

  source: wordnet30
• someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force (noun.person)

  Synonym: military man, military personnel, serviceman
  Antonym: civilian
  

  source: wordnet30
• the generic use of the word to refer to any human being (noun.person)

  Example:
  It was every man for himself.
  

  source: wordnet30
• any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage (noun.animal)

  Synonym: homo, human, human being
  

  source: wordnet30
• a male subordinate (noun.person)

  Example:
  He awaited word from his man in Havana.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent) (noun.person)

  Example:
  The army will make a man of you.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer (noun.person)

  Example:
  Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman (noun.person)

  Antonym: woman
  

  Example:
  She takes good care of her man.
  

  source: wordnet30
• one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea (noun.location)

  Synonym: isle of man
  

  source: wordnet30
• game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: piece
  

  source: wordnet30
• all of the living human inhabitants of the earth (noun.animal)

  Synonym: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, mankind, world
  

  Example:
  She always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women.
  

  source: wordnet30
• A human being; -- opposed to beast. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place (verb.social)

  Example:
  Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning.
  

  source: wordnet30
• provide with workers (verb.competition)

  Example:
  We cannot man all the desks.
  Students were manning the booths.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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