Mans

//mænz// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of man Multicultural-London-English, form-of, nonstandard, plural, proscribed

    "Down the Ice Arena we met up with bare mans then Dot came with us and we bopped to the Orchard."

  2. 2
    genitive of man form-of, genitive, obsolete

    "And symony they called this, to take and inioy any spirituall liuing at a secular mans hand."

  3. 3
    Synonym of man. singular, singular-only, slang

    "Whose mans is this?"

  4. 4
    plural of MAN form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of man form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

    "Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Man form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Le Mans A place in France. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms
manness

Example

More examples

"Ernestine was born in 1914 in the city of Le Mans."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From man + -s (third-person singular suffix).

Etymology 2

From man + -s (plural suffix).

Etymology 3

From man + -s (genitive suffix).

Etymology 4

From man + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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