A human or an adult male human belonging to a specific occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination: a milkman; a congressman; a freeman.
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A human regardless of sex or age; a person.
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A male human endowed with qualities, such as strength, considered characteristic of manhood.
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A male representative, as of a country or company: our man in Tokyo.
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A male servant or subordinate.
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idiom
As one man In complete agreement; unanimously.
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As one man With no exception: They objected as one man.
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To a man Without exception: All were lost, to a man.
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verb-transitive
To fortify or brace: manned himself for the battle ahead.
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To supply with men, as for defense or service: man a ship.
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To take stations at, as to defend or operate: manned the guns.
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interjection
Used as an expletive to indicate intense feeling: Man! That was close.
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Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis.
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verb
To supply with people (as for service) .
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To station members of a ship's crew at .
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To serve in the force or complement of .
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To accustom (as a hawk) to humans and the human environment.
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To furnish with strength or powers of resistance .
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