Man

  • 101man — man1 Pron. std. (8. Jh.), mhd. man, ahd. man, as. man Stammwort. Wie in ae. man, afr. ma, me Abschwächung des Wortes Mann Mann, Mensch zum unpersönlichen Pronomen. Entsprechend frz. on aus l. homo. ✎ Gray, L. H. Word 1 (1945), 19 32; Röhrich 2… …

    Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • 102man —    1. a woman s male sexual partner    Sometimes her husband; sometimes as different from her husband:     He is not my man, he is my husband. (Evesham Journal, 1899, quoted in EDD)    Man friend is explicit in this sense of someone other than… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 103man up — verb /mænʌp/ a) to be a man about it ; to do the things a good man is traditionally expected to do, such as: taking responsibility for the consequences of ones actions; displaying bravery or toughness in the face of adversity; providing for ones… …

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  • 104man ho — noun A promiscuous man. I dont like man hoes. Syn: gigolo, man whore, man whore, manwhore …

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  • 105MAN — ● 1. ►en /man/ sg. m. ►NET Metropolitan Area Network. réseau d une taille variable, en général assez grand, de l ordre d un département français. Certains MAN, construits en connectant des LAN, sont plus grands que certains WAN (voir aussi PAN).… …

    Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • 106man — MÁN1 Element secund de compunere savantă cu semnificaţia amator , pasionat . [< gr. manes, mania – furie, nebunie]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 16.02.2009. Sursa: DN  MÁN2 Element secund de compunere savantă cu semnificaţia om , bărbat . [pron.… …

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  • 107-man — [[t] mæn[/t]] COMB in ADJ: ADJ n man combines with numbers to make adjectives which indicate that something involves or is intended for that number of people. The four man crew on board the fishing trawler... He set up a three man panel to advise …

    English dictionary

  • 108-man — combining form 1》 in nouns denoting a man of a specified nationality or origin: Frenchman. 2》 in nouns denoting a person, especially a man, belonging to a specified group or having a specified occupation or role: layman|oarsman. 3》 a ship of a… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 109man — or[the man] {n.}, {slang} 1. The police; a policeman. * /I am gonna turn you in to the man./ 2. The boss; the leader; the most important figure in an organization or outfit. * /The man will decide./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 110man — or[the man] {n.}, {slang} 1. The police; a policeman. * /I am gonna turn you in to the man./ 2. The boss; the leader; the most important figure in an organization or outfit. * /The man will decide./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms