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  • 101man*/*/*/ — [mæn] (plural men [men] ) noun I 1) [C] an adult male human a jury of nine men and three women[/ex] a man s overcoat[/ex] a man of 64 (= who is 64 years old)[/ex] a nice young man[/ex] 2) [U] people in general. Some people avoid this word because …

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  • 102Man (1) — 1. * Man, eine Partikel, welche nur im Niederdeutschen und den nördlichern Sprachen gangbar, den Hoch und Oberdeutschen aber unbekannt ist. Sie bedeutet, 1) aber. Ich weiß es wohl, man (aber) ich sage es nicht. 2) Nur. Das ist ja man (nur) ein… …

    Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • 103man — 1. noun /mæn,mɑn/ a) All humans collectively; mankind, humankind. Also Man. How did God create man? b) An abstract person; a person of either gender, usually an adult. God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge,… …

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  • 104man — 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

  • 105man —    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

  • 106-man — off aff. a combining form of man layman; postman[/ex] • usage: The use of man as the last element in compounds referring to a person of either sex who performs some function (anchorman; chairman; spokesman) has declined in recent years. In some… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 107man 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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  • 108man ho — noun A promiscuous man. I dont like man hoes. Syn: gigolo, man whore, man whore, manwhore …

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  • 109MAN — ● 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).… …

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  • 110man — 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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