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Meaning of man

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  man
      n 1: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there
           were two women and six men on the bus" [syn: {man}, {adult
           male}] [ant: {adult female}, {woman}]
      2: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a
         military force; "two men stood sentry duty" [syn:
         {serviceman}, {military man}, {man}, {military personnel}]
         [ant: {civilian}]
      3: the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it
         was every man for himself"
      4: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
         characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech,
         and erect carriage [syn: {homo}, {man}, {human being},
         {human}]
      5: a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the
         building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
      6: an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and
         courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"
      7: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
         employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: {valet},
         {valet de chambre}, {gentleman}, {gentleman's gentleman},
         {man}]
      8: 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" [ant: {woman}]
      9: one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea [syn: {Man}, {Isle
         of Man}]
      10: 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" [syn: {man}, {piece}]
      11: 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" [syn: {world}, {human
          race}, {humanity}, {humankind}, {human beings}, {humans},
          {mankind}, {man}]
      v 1: take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place;
           "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
      2: provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks";
         "Students were manning the booths"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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