Man
Man (man) , n.
[AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. maer, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind. r104. Cf. Minx a pert girl.]
1.
A human being; -- opposed to beast.
These men went about wide, and man found they none,b But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one.
The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast!
2.
An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.
When I became a man, I put away childish things.
Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man.
3.
The human race; mankind.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion.
The proper study of mankind is man.
4.
The male portion of the human race.
Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties.
5.
One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
This was the noblest Roman of them all... the elementsb So mixed in him that Nature might stand upb And say to all the world “This was a man!”
6.
An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
Like master, like man.
The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.
7.
A term of familiar address at one time implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the latter half of the 20th century it became used in a broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of address, but is not used in business or formal situations; as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?.
8.
A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
I pronounce that they are man and wife.
every wife ought to answer for her man.
9.
One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
A man can not make him laugh.
A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship.
10.
One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.
Man (man) , v. t.
1.
To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
See how the surly Warwick mans the wall!
They man their boats, and all their young men arm.
2.
To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.
3.
To tame, as a hawk.
4.
To furnish with a servant or servants.
5.
To wait on as a manservant.