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| + | # An adult [[male]] [[human]]. | ||
| + | # A [[mensch]]; a person of [[integrity]] and [[honor]]. | ||
| + | #* '''1883''', [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], ''[[Treasure Island]]'' | ||
| + | #*: ''He's more a '''man''' than any pair of rats of you in this here house...'' | ||
| + | # An abstract [[person]]; any man or [[woman]]. | ||
| + | #: ''every '''man''' for himself'' | ||
| + | # All humans collectively; [[mankind]]. Also [[Man]]. | ||
| + | #: ''prehistoric '''man''''' | ||
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| A '''man''' is a [[male]] [[human]]. The term ''man'' (irregular plural: ''men'') is usually used for an [[adult]], with the term [[boy]] being the usual term for a male child or adolescent (sometimes also applied to childish adult men). However, the term is also used for a human regardless of age or sex, sometimes even extended to more primitive [[humanoids]] than the present species ''Homo sapiens'', as in [[apeman]]. | A '''man''' is a [[male]] [[human]]. The term ''man'' (irregular plural: ''men'') is usually used for an [[adult]], with the term [[boy]] being the usual term for a male child or adolescent (sometimes also applied to childish adult men). However, the term is also used for a human regardless of age or sex, sometimes even extended to more primitive [[humanoids]] than the present species ''Homo sapiens'', as in [[apeman]]. | ||
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- An adult male human.
- A mensch; a person of integrity and honor.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- He's more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house...
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- An abstract person; any man or woman.
- every man for himself
- All humans collectively; mankind. Also Man.
- prehistoric man
A man is a male human. The term man (irregular plural: men) is usually used for an adult, with the term boy being the usual term for a male child or adolescent (sometimes also applied to childish adult men). However, the term is also used for a human regardless of age or sex, sometimes even extended to more primitive humanoids than the present species Homo sapiens, as in apeman.
See also
- Boy
- Don Juan
- Machismo
- Male chauvinism
- Masculinity
- Masculine psychology, discipline of
- Masculism
- Men's movement
- Misandry
- Patriarchy
- Virility (social traits of men)
- Woman
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