man

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An adult male human being.

   There was a man eating a sandwich in front of the store.

2. 2
   noun

   A human being of any sex; people in general (sometimes considered old-fashioned).

   It was one small step for a man, and a giant leap for mankind.

3. 3
   noun

   A man who is someone's husband, partner, or boyfriend.

   She has been with her man for over ten years now.

4. 4
   verb

   To provide a place or machine with the people needed to operate it.

   Volunteers were asked to man the phones during the charity event.

From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of Manu. Cognates This word has many cognates, in every Germanic language (whether extant or extinct), with similarities in form and meaning. Virtually all the words below mean “man” and “husband”, with some specific cases noted. In Ingvaeonic (the languages closest to English): :* Low German Mann :* North Frisian maan, man, moon, muon :* Saterland Frisian Mon :* Scots man :* West Frisian…

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