man

1. n. A human being; -- opposed tobeast. Source: opted

2. n. Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child. Source: opted

3. n. The human race; mankind. Source: opted

4. n. The male portion of the human race. Source: opted

5. n. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. Source: opted

6. n. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject. Source: opted

7. n. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! Source: opted

8. n. A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife. Source: opted

9. n. One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun. Source: opted

10. n. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played. Source: opted

11. v. t. To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort. Source: opted

12. v. t. To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify. Source: opted

13. v. t. To tame, as a hawk. Source: opted

14. v. t. To furnish with a servants. Source: opted

15. v. t. To wait on as a manservant. Source: opted

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