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▸ noun: (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
▸ noun: A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)
▸ noun: (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)
▸ noun: (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
▸ noun: A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
▸ noun: An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
▸ noun: (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
▸ noun: A husband.
▸ noun: A male lover; a boyfriend.
▸ noun: 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.)
▸ noun: A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
▸ noun: A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
▸ noun: A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
▸ noun: An adult male servant.
▸ noun: (historical) A vassal; a subject.
▸ noun: A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
▸ noun: A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
▸ noun: A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males. Works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
▸ noun: (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
▸ noun: A clipping of "in man" or equivalent used in the CGS unit roentgen equivalent man.
▸ noun: (military slang) a soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
▸ adjective: Only used in man enough
▸ verb: (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
▸ verb: (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
▸ verb: (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
▸ noun: (computing) A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
▸ noun: The genus Homo.
▸ noun: (poetic) Humankind in general.
▸ noun: The Isle of Man; an island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea.
▸ noun: A surname from Chinese.
▸ noun: A surname from Chinese.
▸ noun: Abbreviation of Manitoba. [A province in Western Canada.]
▸ noun: Abbreviation of Manchester (especially in football) [A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.]
▸ noun: (computing) Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network (a large computer network usually spanning a city)
▸ noun: Abbreviation of Manitoba. [A province in Western Canada.]
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valet,
serviceman,
humanity,
world,
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