Men

//mɛn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    The twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    Acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  4. 4
    the force of workers available wordnet
  5. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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