Meaning

noun an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

noun someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

noun the generic use of the word to refer to any human being

originFrom Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of Manu. Cognates This word has many cognates, in every Germanic language (whether extant or extinct), with similarities in form and meaning. Virtually all the words below mean “man” and…

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