US /mɑn/ UK /mɒn/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a man or fellow, in dialectal or informal address

    Take it easy, mon, there's no need to rush.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a man or fellow, in... manfellowchapblokeguy
Word family
Related forms man

Etymology

A dialectal and informal pronunciation variant of man, especially in Scots, northern English, and Caribbean English; ultimately from Old English mann ('person, man'), from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

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