Men
name, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 plural of man form-of, plural
"This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men."
- 2 (The) people, humanity, man(kind). collective, dated, plural, plural-only
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
- 3 Acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 4 the force of workers available wordnet
- 5 Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers). collective, plural, plural-only
""Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant."
- 1 A god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.
- 2 A surname.
- 3 The twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
Example
More examples"Why would you marry a woman if you like men?"
Etymology
From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.
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