MAN

Man

A man is an adult human male. Like most other male mammals, a man's genome inherits an X chromosome from his mother and a Y chromosome from his father. The male fetus produces larger amounts of androgens and smaller amounts of estrogens than a female fetus. This difference in the relative amounts of these sex steroids is largely responsible for the physiological differences that distinguish men from women.

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man

Noun

  1. An adult male human.
  2. All males collectively; mankind.
  3. All humans collectively; mankind, humankind, humanity.
  4. An abstract person; a person of either gender, usually an adult.
  5. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
  6. A mensch; a person (especially a male) of strength, integrity and honor.
  7. A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
  8. A person, usually male, with duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
  9. A male who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing.
  10. A husband (or sometimes a fiance or boyfriend).
  11. : I, we; .
  12. A member of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina.
    Come on, man, we've no time to lose!

Verb

  1. To supply with staff or crew (of either sex).
    The shipped was manned with a small crew.
  2. To take up position in order to operate something.
    Man the machine guns!

Interjection

Man, that was a great catch!
Giv' is a bottle of dog man! here is referring to beer or brown ale.


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