man

1. (n) An adult male human. 2. (n) (collective) All human males collectively: mankind. 3. (n) An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc. 4. (n) An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch. 5. (n) An adult male servant. 6. (n) (dated, formal) A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult. 7. (n) (collective, formal, somewhat dated) All humans collectively; mankind, humankind, humanity. 8. (n) (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens. 9. (n) A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc. 10. (n) A husband. 11. (n) A male lover; a boyfriend. 12. (n) Used as the last element of a compound. 13. (n) A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. 14. (n) A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. 15. (n) A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter. 16. (n) A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon. 17. (n) (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made. 18. (n) A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste. 19. (n) A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown. 20. (n) (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact. 21. (n) (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer. 22. (adj) Synonym of manly. (Only used in man enough.) 23. (v) (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex). 24. (v) (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something). 25. (v) (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.) 26. (n) (computing) A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. 27. (n) (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly. 28. (n) (historical) A vassal; a subject. 29. (v) (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort. 30. (v) (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people. 31. (n) The genus Homo. 32. (n) (poetic) Humankind in general. 33. (n) The Isle of Man; an island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea. 34. (n) A town in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. 35. (n) A city and department in the Ivory Coast. 36. (n) A village in Palghar district, Maharashtra, India. 37. (n) A surname from Chinese. 38. (n) Abbreviation of Manitoba: a province of Canada. [A province in western Canada. Capital and largest city: Winnipeg.] 39. (n) Abbreviation of Manchester: a city in England (especially in football). [A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.] 40. (n) (computing) Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network, a large computer network usually spanning a city.