noun.
A measure of weight in Persia, varying in value, in different localities, from about 6 to about 25 pounds.
noun.
In Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lonsdale, a cairn or pile of stones marking a summit- or prominent point of a mountain. Compare Low Man, High Man, as local names for particular cairns, also applied to portions of the mountains themselves.
noun.
A loafer who hangs about street-corners.
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In building a camp or barn of logs, one who notches the logs so that they will fit closely and make a square corner.
noun.
One who makes a corner in stocks or commodities.
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A fielder who stands beyond point, but farther from the wicket, and more behind it.
noun.
His position in the field.
noun.
An honest, upright man.
To supply with men; furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for service, defense, or the like.
To brace up in a manful way; make manly or courageous: used reflexively.
To wait on; attend; escort.
To accustom to the presence or company of man; tame, as a hawk or other bird.
noun.
In zoology, a featherless plantigrade biped mammal of the genus.Homo (which see); H. sapiens, a species of the family Hominidæ or Anthropidæ, order Primates, class Mammalia, of which there are several geographical races or varieties. : ; ; ; ;
noun.
A being, whether super- or infra-natural; a person.
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An individual of the human race; a human being; a person: as, all men are mortal.
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Generically, the human race; mankind; human beings collectively: used without article or plural: as, man is born to trouble; the rights of man.
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Specifically
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A male adult of the human race, as distinguished from a woman or a boy; one who has attained manhood, or who is regarded as of manly estate.
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In an emphatic sense, an adult male possessing manly qualities in an eminent degree; one who has the gifts or virtues of true manhood.
noun.
The qualities which characterize true manhood; manliness.
noun.
An adult male considered as in some sense appertaining to or under the control of another person; a vassal, follower, servant, attendant, or employee; one immediately subject to the will of another: as, the officers and men of an army; a gentleman's man (a valet or body-servant); I am no man's man.
noun.
A husband: as, my man is not at home (said by a wife).
noun.
One subject to a mistress; a lover or suitor.
noun.
A word of familiar address, often implying some degree of disparagement or impatience.
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A piece with which a game, as chess or checkers, is played.
noun.
Nautical, in compounds, a ship or other vessel: as, man-of-war; merchantman, Indiaman, etc.
noun.
plural See dead.
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In some parts of England, a coal-cutting machine.
noun.
A man-at-arms.
noun.
Antichrist.
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An imaginary or an irresponsible person put forward as substitute or surety for another, or for any fraudulent purpose.
noun.
See man-of-war.
noun.
In Scripture, man unregenerate or unrenewed; the old man (see below).
noun.
In Scripture, unregenerate humanity; also, the fallen human nature inherited from Adam and operative in the regenerate, though not in the same manner or degree as in the unregenerate.
noun.
The father of a family; the “governor.”
noun.
The captain or commanding officer, as of troops, a vessel, etc.; the proprietor or employer: so called by his men.
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Theat., an actor who is usually cast for the parts of old men.
noun.
In certain outdoor games, the leader; “it.”
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Abbreviations of Manitoba.