Usually means: Immature adult male, emotionally stunted.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word man child:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. man-child: Merriam-Webster
  2. man-child: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. man-child: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. man-child, man-child: Collins English Dictionary
  5. man-child: Vocabulary.com
  6. Man-Child, Man-child, man-child: Wordnik
  7. man-child, man child: Wiktionary
  8. man-child: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. man-child: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. man-child, man child: Dictionary.com
  11. Man-Child, Man-child, The Man Child: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. man-child: Rhymezone
  13. man-child: FreeDictionary.org
  14. man-child: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. man-child: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Man-Child, man child: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (man child)

▸ noun:  (archaic) A young male human; a boy.
▸ noun:  (informal, chiefly derogatory) An adult male who is childish or immature.

Similar:
male offspring, maid child, little man, maidchild, young man, son of Adam, maid-child, juvenile, child, my boy, more...

Opposite:
womadult, grown-up, mature adult

Phrases:
The Man with the Child in His Eyes, more...



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Similar:
male offspring, maid child, little man, maidchild, young man, son of Adam, maid-child, juvenile, child, my boy, more...

Opposite:
womadult, grown-up, mature adult

Phrases:
The Man with the Child in His Eyes, more...



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