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An adult male human.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry V , act 4, scene 1:
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*:“it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
(lb) All human males collectively: mankind.
* 2011 , Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In , p.109:
A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry IV, Part 2 , act 4, scene 2:
* 1611 , Bible (KJV), (w) 12.17:
* (Joseph Addison), Monaco, Genoa, &c. , p.9:
* 1991' edition (original: '''1953 ), Darell Huff, ''[//archive.org/details/HowToLieWithStatistics How to Lie with Statistics] , pp.19–20:
(lb) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity.
* 1647 , Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:
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A member of the genus Homo'', especially of the species ''Homo sapiens .
* 1990 , The Almanac of Science and Technology (ISBN 0151050503), p.68:
(lb) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.
* A Gest of Robyn Hode'', in the ''Child Ballads :
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Much Ado about Nothing , act 3, scene 5:
* 1609 , (Ben Jonson), :
An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), :
* 2011 , Timothy Shephard, Can We Help Us?: Growing Up Bi-Racial in America (ISBN 1456754610), p.181:
Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
* 1598 , (Ben Jonson), (Every Man in His Humour)
A husband.
* Book of Common Prayer :
* 1715 , (Joseph Addison), The Freeholder :
A lover; a boyfriend.
A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
* 2007 , Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night (ISBN 0778324567), p.553:
*:"She's the man for the job."
* 2008 , Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season (ISBN 160239329X), p.148:
* 2012 , The Island Caper: A Jake Lafferty Action Novel (ISBN 1622951999), p.34:
A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
* 1909 , Harper's Weekly , Vol.53, p.iii:
* 1913 , Robert Herrick, One Woman's Life , p.46:
*:"And they're very good people, I assure you — he's a Harvard man ." It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.
An adult male servant. (lb) A vassal. A subject.
* William Blackstone:
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A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
* 1883 , Henry Richter, Chess Simplified! , p.4:
(non-gloss definition, Used to refer to oneself or one's group): I, we; (construed in the third person).
* 2011 , (Top Boy) :
*:Sully: If it weren’t for that snake ... Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.
To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
To take up position in order to operate (something).
* 1876 , Julian Hawthorne, Saxon Studies :
To wait on, attend to or escort.
To accustom (a hawk or other bird) to the presence of men.
(British, uncountable) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
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* {{quote-book, 1909, Johann David Wyss (Susannah Mary Paull, translator), The Swiss Family Robinson, page=462, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=0gUCAAAAQAAJ
, passage= I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn , including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.}}
(US, Canada, Australia, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays .
* {{quote-book, 1809, Edward Augustus Kendall, Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States
, passage=The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn , was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.}}
A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
A small, hard particle.
* Bishop Hall:
* Beaumont and Fletcher:
(US, Canada) To granulate; to form a substance into grains.
(US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
(US, Canada) To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
To render intoxicated.
A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
* Shakespeare
(US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
* 1975 , Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,
* 1986 , Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave, Women in Comedy? ,
* 2007 , Bob L. Cox, Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: an East Tennessee old-time music pioneer and his musical family ,
(uncountable) short for corn snow . A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
As a pronoun man
is i.As a noun corn is
drinking horn, flagon.man
English
Noun
(men)- The king is but a man , as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
- Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
- a man cannot make him laugh.
- Recompence to no man euill for euill.
- A man would expect, in so very ancient a town of Italy, to find some considerable antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Rostrum of a Roman ship, that stands over the door of their arsenal.
- Similarly, the next time you learn from your reading that the average man (you hear a good deal about him these days, most of it faintly improbable) brushes his teeth 1.02 times a day—a figure I have just made up, but it may be as good as anyone else's – ask yourself a question. How can anyone have found out such a thing? Is a woman who has read in countless advertisements that non-brushers are social offenders going to confess to a stranger that she does not brush her teeth regularly?
- How did God create man ?
- God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
- The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man , in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.
- For God is holde a ryghtwys man .
- God's a good man .
- Expect: But was the devil a proper man , gossip?
- As fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any where else.
- He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house
- I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn't mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to the.
- Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man , and sweetness in his carriage, /
- I pronounce that they are man and wife.
- In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man .
- Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she's your man —
- He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man .
- When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men .
- (old proverb)
- The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honour.
- The white men' are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black ' men are placed opposite.
Usage notes
* The most common modern sense of the word is “an adult male human”, not “a generic human” or “humankind”, which explains the awkwardness of the following sentence: *: Man, like other mammals, breastfeeds his young.Nonsexist Language Guideline, the University of New Hampshire. * Nonsexist language advocates recommend the use of human'', ''human being'', ''humankind'' or ''person'', depending on context, instead of ''man .
Synonyms
* (adult male human) omi (Polari); see also * See also * See alsoSee also
* the man * boy; male * woman * humanDerived terms
* airman * anchor man * bad man * barman * best man * black man * caveman * common man * company man * con man * dead man * dirty old man * Earthman * family man * fireman * foreman * government man * headman * hitman * kept man * lady's man * -man * man among men * manface * manful * manhood * mankind * manly * man of God * man of science * man of the cloth * man of the people * man of the world * man of war * man on * manpower * man's man * mantrap/man-trap/man trap * Marlboro Man * mountain man * old man * overman * policeman * underman * pan man * renaissance man * seaman * see a man about a dog * straight man * straw man * stunt man * strong man * the man * waterman * white man * woman * yes-manVerb
(mann)- The shipped was manned with a small crew.
- Man the machine guns!
- he manned himself heroically
Derived terms
* overman (verb)Quotations
* (English Citations of "man")References
Statistics
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* (l), (l), , (l) 100 English basic words 1000 English basic words English nouns with irregular plurals ----corn
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , and (etyl) (m).Noun
(en-noun)citation
- He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
- corn of sand
- a corn of powder
Derived terms
* corn bunting * cornflour * cornmeal * cornstarch * peppercorn * sweetcornSee also
(other words for grain) * barley * cereal * grain * maize * oats * rye * wheatVerb
(en verb)- to corn gunpowder
- Corn the horses.
- ale strong enough to corn one
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m) (modern (etyl) (m)). (wikipedia corn)Noun
(en noun)- Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes / Unplagued with corns , will have a bout with you.
Synonyms
* clavusHyponyms
* callusEtymology 3
This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.Noun
(-)- He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn , the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.
- There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn , but the audience didn't mind.
- The bulk of this humor was pure corn , but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way.