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noun:  An adult male human.
noun:  (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
noun:  A adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
noun:  An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
noun:  An adult male servant.
noun:  A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
noun:  (collective) All humans collectively; mankind, humankind, humanity.
noun:  (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
noun:  A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
noun:  A husband.
noun:  A male lover; a boyfriend.
noun:  Used as the last element of a compound.
noun:  A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
noun:  A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
noun:  A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
noun:  (historical) A vassal; a subject.
noun:  A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
noun:  (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
noun:  A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
noun:  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.
noun:  (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
noun:  (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
adjective:  Only used in man enough
verb:  (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
verb:  (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
verb:  (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
noun:  (computing) A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
noun:  The genus Homo.
noun:  (poetic) Humankind in general.
noun:  The Isle of Man; an island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea.
noun:  A surname from Chinese.
noun:  A surname from Chinese.
noun:  Abbreviation of roentgen equivalent man.
noun:  Abbreviation of Manitoba. [A province in Western Canada.]
noun:  Abbreviation of Manchester (especially in football) [A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.]
noun:  (computing) Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network (a large computer network usually spanning a city)
noun:  Abbreviation of Manitoba. [A province in Western Canada.]
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