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men

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Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
7
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/mɛn/
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/mɛn/ · /mɪn/

Definition of men

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of man
    “This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.”
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of man
    “This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.”
  2. (collective, dated, plural, plural-only)(The) people, humanity, man(kind).
    “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
  3. (collective, dated, plural, plural-only)Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
    “"Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant.”
  4. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia.

name

  1. A god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.
  2. A surname.
  3. The twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet.

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Etymology

From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.

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