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10 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Man \Man\, n. {Man of sin} (Script.), one who is the embodiment of evil, whose coming is represented (--2 Thess. ii 3) as preceding the second coming of Christ. [A Hebraistic expression] {Man-stopping bullet} (Mil.), a bullet which will produce a sufficient shock to stop a soldier advancing in a charge; specif., a small-caliber bullet so modified as to expand when striking the human body. Such bullets are chiefly used in wars with savage tribes. Manbird \Man"bird`\, n. An aviator. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Man \Man\, n.; pl {Men}. [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. ma[eth]r, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind. [root]104. Cf {Minx} a pert girl.] 1. A human being -- opposed tobeast. These men went about wide, and man found they none, But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one --R. of Glouc. The king is but a man, as I am the violet smells to him as it doth to me --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Man \Man\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manned}; p. pr & vb n. {Manning}.] 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 ! --Shak. They man their boats, and all their young men arm. --Waller. 2. To furnish with strength for action to prepare for efficiency; to fortify. ``Theodosius having manned his soul with proper reflections.'' --Addison. 3. To tame, as a hawk. [R.] --Shak. 4. To furnish with a servants. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To wait on as a manservant. [Obs.] --Shak. Note: In ``Othello,'' V. ii 270, the meaning is uncertain, being perhaps: To point, to aim or to manage. {To man a yard} (Naut.), to send men upon a yard, as for furling or reefing a sail. {To man the yards} (Naut.), to station men on the yards as a salute or mark of respect. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: man n 1: an adult male person (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" [syn: {adult male}] [ant: {woman}] 2: someone who serves in the armed forces; "two men stood sentry duty" [syn: {serviceman}, {military 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: all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover" [syn: {world}, {human race}, {humanity}, {humankind}, {human beings}, {humans}, {mankind}] 5: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae [syn: {homo}, {human being}, {human}] 6: a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" 7: an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" 8: (informal) 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: 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}] 10: one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea [syn: {Man}, {Isle of Man}] 11: a small 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: {piece}] v 1: take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place 2: provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks" From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Man, WV (town, FIPS 50932) Location: 37.74259 N, 81.87434 W Population (1990): 914 (390 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: man {Unix manual page} From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: MAN {Metropolitan Area Network} From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Man (1.) Heb. 'Adam, used as the proper name of the first man. The name is derived from a word meaning "to be red," and thus the first man was called Adam because he was formed from the red earth. It is also the generic name of the human race (Gen. 1:26, 27; 5:2; 8:21; Deut. 8:3). Its equivalents are the Latin homo and the Greek anthropos (Matt. 5:13, 16). It denotes also man in opposition to woman (Gen. 3:12; Matt. 19:10). (2.) Heb. 'ish, like the Latin vir and Greek aner, denotes properly a man in opposition to a woman (1 Sam. 17:33; Matt. 14:21); a husband (Gen. 3:16; Hos. 2:16); man with reference to excellent mental qualities. (3.) Heb. 'enosh, man as mortal, transient, perishable (2 Chr. 14:11; Isa. 8:1; Job 15:14; Ps 8:4; 9:19, 20; 103:15). It is applied to women (Josh. 8:25). (4.) Heb. geber, man with reference to his strength, as distinguished from women (Deut. 22:5) and from children (Ex. 12:37); a husband (Prov. 6:34). (5.) Heb. methim men as mortal (Isa. 41:14), and as opposed to women and children (Deut. 3:6; Job 11:3; Isa. 3:25). Man was created by the immediate hand of God, and is generically different from all other creatures (Gen. 1:26, 27; 2:7). His complex nature is composed of two elements, two distinct substances, viz., body and soul (Gen. 2:7; Eccl. 12:7; 2 Cor. 5:1-8). The words translated spirit" and "soul," in 1 Thess. 5:23, Heb. 4:12, are habitually used interchangeably (Matt. 10:28; 16:26; 1 Pet. 1:22). The spirit" (Gr. pneuma) is the soul as rational; the soul" (Gr. psuche) is the same considered as the animating and vital principle of the body. Man was created in the likeness of God as to the perfection of his nature, in knowledge (Col. 3:10), righteousness, and holiness (Eph. 4:24), and as having dominion over all the inferior creatures (Gen. 1:28). He had in his original state God's law written on his heart, and had power to obey it and yet was capable of disobeying, being left to the freedom of his own will He was created with holy dispositions, prompting him to holy actions; but he was fallible, and did fall from his integrity (3:1-6). (See {FALL}.) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: MAN Metropolitan Area Network From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earh and Canada. When the world was young and Man was new And everything was pleasant, Distinctions Nature never drew 'Mongst kings and priest and peasant. We're not that way at present, Save here in this Republic, where We have that old regime, For all are kings, however bare Their backs, howe'er extreme Their hunger. And indeed, each has a voice To accept the tyrant of his party's choice. A citizen who would not vote, And therefore, was detested, Was one day with a tarry coat (With feathers backed and breasted) By patriots invested. "It is your duty," cried the crowd, "Your ballot true to cast For the man o' your choice." He humbly bowed, And explained his wicked past: "That's what I very gladly would have done Dear patriots, but he has never run." Apperton Duke
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