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manbird |
1 definition 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.]
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