man

Noun

man (plural men)

1. An adult male human.
2. A mensch; a person of integrity and honor.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     He"s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house...

3. An abstract person; any man or woman.

   • every man for himself

4. (collective noun) All humans collectively; mankind.

   • prehistoric man

5. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.

Antonyms:

• [[woman]]
• [[boy]]

3 letters in word "man": A M N.

Anagrams of man:

• mna

• nam

Words found within man:

am an ma na

• Definitions:
• an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" serviceman: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" homo: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man" valet: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" world: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks"
• A man is a male human. The term man (irregular plural: men) is usually used for an adult, with the term boy being the usual term for a male child or adolescent (sometimes also applied to childish adult men). ...
• Man are a progressive pub-rock band from South Wales with a cult following. Originally the second incarnation of Welsh rock harmony group The Bystanders: Micky Jones, Clive John, Ray Williams and Jeffrey Jones. In 1968, Deke Leonard joined the group, and they changed their name to Man. ...
• The term man (sometimes capitalized as Man) (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived from it can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their gender or age. This is indeed the oldest usage of "man". ...
• Man is the third solo album by Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, released in 1996. The album was a reasonable success, however the track which ironically does not fit in the overall feeling of the album and often feels like the odd song out, "7 Seconds" became a hit. ...
• The race of Men in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books, such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, refers to humanity and does not denote gender. ...
• Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man" or "knowing man") in the family Hominidae (the great apes). Humans have a highly developed brain capable of abstract reasoning, language, and introspection. ...
• The full human figure is a rare bearing, but can be seen occasionally. When displayed naked, he is salvage; when clothed, habited.
• (Metropolitan Area Network) - A network connecting computers over a large geographical area, such as a city or school district.
• Metropolitan Area Network. A regional computer or communication network spanning the area covered by an average to large city.
• A high speed network designed to link together sites in a metropolitan or campus area. The IEEE has defined its 802.6 standard for MANs based on the Distributed Queue Dual Bus technology.
• A network that provides regional connectivity within a metropolitan area (such as city). MANs are categorized between LANs and WANs.
• A data network intended to serve an area the size of a large city.
• In Unix, what is the man command, and how do I use it to read manual pages?
• A measure of dose deposited in body tissue, averaged over the body. One rem is approximately the dose from any radiation corresponding to exposure to one röntgen of g radiation. The rem is no longer accepted for use with the International System. One rem is equivalent to 0.01 sievert.
• The MAN is a high-speed network used within a town or city. A MAN typically provides very high-speed connections, using fiber-optic cable or other digital media, between LANs in the same area. An example is AbMAN, the Aberdeen Metropolitan Area Network (www.abman.ent.uk). ...
• A network that covers one geographic area ie a city or a campus. Covers a larger area than a LAN but a smaller area than a WAN
• homo To be someone's man, owing service or work to them. Could also refer to a woman.
• online reference documentation for Unix, organized by command into individual pieces or pages of explanation. ...
• a short-haul network which fills the gap between access and long-haul networks by connecting three or more locations together within a single municipality or adjacent municipalities, and then making private-line capacity available on those network segments in increments whose maximum is no less ...
• A direct creation of God. Made in his image to express God nature and bring glory to his creator. Specifically to have a relationship with God as a child to its parent. Created in holiness knowing only what is good until the fall, then gained knowledge of what is contrary to God.
• connects sites in and around a large city
• data transmission network which is realised on one city areas
• German armed anti-nazi resistance group, named after the MAN engineering works in Bavaria
• A network designed to cover a city or town.
• Metropolitan Area Network. A network capable of high-speed communications over distances up to about 80 kilometers.
• Municipal Area Network - a communications network that covers a geographical area such as a city.
• A network designed to carry data over an area larger than a campus, such as an entire city and its outlying area.
• The UNIX manual system. Very useful. Type man man.
• « A distinction which is not without point, although it seems obvious: man is the human being. The French language, in employing the same word for the human being and for the male, sanctions an ambiguity. Les droits de l'Homme [Rights of Man] are, of course, common to both sexes. ...
• go to top A MAN occupies a middle ground between LAN’s and WAN’s. A MAN covers a larger geographical area than a LAN, ranging from several blocks of buildings to a good sized metropolitan area. It provides high speed (100Mbps), and supports both data and voice.
• A communications network intended to serve the area of a city. In Australia, such networks usually use fibre-optic cables.

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