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English

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Man: Male human. Detail from a Pioneer 11 spacecraft picture

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From মধ্যযুগীয় ইংরেজি man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- m, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Manu শব্দের জুড়ি.

Alternative forms

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  • (singular): mang (dialectal rendering, suggesting a Spanish accent), mane (dialectal rendering, suggesting an AAVE accent), mans (slang), mon (slang, used in the vocative, in places such as Jamaica and Shropshire in England), mxn (rare, feminist)
  • (plural): mans (Multicultural London English, Toronto, nonstandard, proscribed), mens, man, mandem (Multicultural London English),[১] mens (nonstandard, African-American Vernacular), mxn (rare, feminist), myn (very rare, chiefly humorous)
  • (interjection): maaan (elongated)

Noun

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man (plural men)

  1. An adult male human.
    The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
  2. (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
    • 2011, Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In, page 109:
      Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  3. A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)
    every man for himself
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
    • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
      […] a man cannot make him laugh.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:17:
      Recompence to no man euill for euill.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • টেমপ্লেট:RQ:Donne Devotions
    • c. 1700, Joseph Addison, Monaco, Genoa, &c., page 9:
      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.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • 1793 August, Edmund Burke, “The Right Hon. Edmund Burke to the Comte de Mercy”, in Charles William [Wentworth-Fitzwilliam], [5th] Earl Fitzwilliam, Richard Bourke, editors, Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Between the Year 1744, and the Period of His Decease, in 1797, volume IV, London: Francis & John Rivington, […], published 1844, pages 144–145:
      Without this help, such a deplorable havoc is made in the minds of men (both sexes) in France, still more than in the external order of things, and the evil is so great and spreading, that a remedy is impossible on any other terms.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • 1991 edition (original: 1953), Darell Huff, How to Lie with Statistics, pages 19–20:
      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?
  4. (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)
    • 1647, Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:
      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.
    • 1991, Barry J. Blake, Australian Aboriginal Languages: A General Introduction, page 75:
      Academics who study Aboriginal languages are […] contributing to Man’s search for knowledge, a search that interests most people even if they are not personally involved in it.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • ২০১৩ জুলাই ২০, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist‎[২], volume 408, number 8845:
      Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • ২০২১ জানুয়ারি ২০, Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb:
      We are striving to forge our union with purpose. To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  6. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
    • 1990, The Almanac of Science and Technology, →ISBN, page 68:
      The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man, in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  7. A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
    • c. 1500, “A Gest of Robyn Hode”, in Child Ballads:
      For God is holde a ryghtwys man.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
      God's a good man.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • টেমপ্লেট:RQ:Jonson Epicoene
    • 2008, Christopher Paolini, Brisingr: Or The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular - Inheritance Book Three, →ISBN, page 549:
      Clearing a space between the tables, the men tested their prowess against one another with feats of wrestling and archery and bouts with quarterstaves. Two of the elves, a man and a woman, demonstrated their skill with swordplay— […]
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • 2014, Oisin McGann, Kings of the Realm: Cruel Salvation, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
      There was a pair of burly dwarves – a woman and a man – bearing the markings of the formidable Thane Guards.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  8. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
  9. (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
  10. A husband.
  11. A male lover; a boyfriend.
    Stay away from my man, Sister!
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
  12. A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
    Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
  13. A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
    I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
  14. 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, page 553:
      "She's the man for the job."
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • 2008, Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season, →ISBN, page 148:
      Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she's your man —
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • 2012, The Island Caper: A Jake Lafferty Action Novel, →ISBN, page 34:
      He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  15. A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
    • 1909, Harper's Weekly, volume 53, page iii:
      When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • 1913, Robert Herrick, One Woman's Life, page 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.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  16. An adult male servant.
  17. (historical) A vassal; a subject.
    Like master, like man.
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
    (old proverb)
    all the king's men
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
    • c. 1700s, William Blackstone:
      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.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:
      No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  18. A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
    • 1883, Henry Richter, Chess Simplified!, page 4:
      The white men are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black men are placed opposite.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  19. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
    Come on, man, we've got no time to lose!
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
  20. A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
    Hey, man, how's it goin'?
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
  21. (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
    • 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
      "It was a brutal return to football for Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews as his man Tom Hawkins booted seven goals but Lions Coach Chris Fagan said the team's defensive faults, rather than the backman's, allowed the big Cat to dominate."
    • ২০২৩ মার্চ ২৬, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎[৩]:
      The second arrived three minutes later and was all Saka's own work, the Arsenal winger turning away from his man on the edge of the area and curling a superb effort beyond the reach of Anatoliy Trubin and into the top corner.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  22. A clipping of "in man" or equivalent used in the CGS unit roentgen equivalent man.
    • 1953, Notes, Medical Basic Sciences Course, 1950-1953‎[৪], volume 2, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, page 695:
      The roentgen-equivalent-man (or mammal), (rem), is the estimated amount of energy absorbed in tissue which is biologically equivalent in man to 1 r of gamma- or x-rays.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
Usage notes
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  • The use of "man" (compare Old English: mann, wer, wīf) to mean both "human (of any gender)" and "adult male", which developed after Old English's distinct term for the latter (wer) fell out of use, has been criticized since at least the second half of the twentieth century.[২] Critics claim that the use of "man", both alone and in compounds, to denote a human or any gender "is now often regarded as sexist or at best old-fashioned",[২] "flatly discriminatory in that it slights or ignores the membership of women in the human race".[৩] The American Heritage Dictionary wrote that in 2004 75–79% of their usage panel still accepted sentences with generic man, and 86–87% accepted sentences with man-made.[৪] Some style guides recommend against generic "man",[৫] and "although some editors and writers reject or disregard […] objections to man as a generic, many now choose instead to use" human, human being or person instead.[৩]
    • This generic usage is still preserved in certain dialects, pidgins, and creoles of English, as well as fixed expressions and certain religious documents and declarations such as the Nicene Creed (e.g. "...for us men and our salvation..."). Consideration of this has sometimes led to accusations of the critics of the generic man as enforcing linguistic prescriptivism.
  • See also the man
Synonyms
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See also Category:English terms suffixed with -man

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Descendants
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See also descendants of -man.

  • Tok Pisin: man
  • → Cantonese: man
  • → Chinook Jargon: man
  • → কোরীয়: 맨 (maen)
  • → Mandarin: man (mān)
  • → স্পেনীয়: man
  • → থাই: แมน (mɛɛn)
  • → ভোলাপুক: man
Translations
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See টেমপ্লেট:section link-lite.
See also
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Adjective

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man (not comparable)

  1. টেমপ্লেট:only used in

Interjection

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man

  1. Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
    Man, that was a great catch!
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
    • ২০১৯ আগস্ট ১৫, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian‎[৫]:
      The 19 meandering minutes of Dark Star are attractive enough but, man, they go on, while poor Creedence Clearwater Revival – headliners, with Bad Moon Rising still in the charts – are watching the clock tick in the wings.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:man.
Translations
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See টেমপ্লেট:section link-lite.

Pronoun

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টেমপ্লেট:en-pronoun

  1. (MLE, slang, personal pronoun) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
    man's got some new creps
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
    • 2011, Top Boy:
      Sully: If it weren’t for that snake […] Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • 2013, Jenny Cheshire, “Grammaticalisation in social context: The emergence of a new English pronoun”, in Journal of Sociolinguistics‎[৬], volume 17, number 5, page 609:
      before I got arrested man paid for my own ticket to go Jamaica you know . but I’ve never paid to go on no holiday before this time I paid (Dexter, MLE)
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • টেমপ্লেট:RQ:Big Shaq Man's Not Hot
    • 2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings:
      Blood I swear she just gave man extra chicken? Two fat pieces of chicken.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  2. (MLE, slang, personal pronoun) You; construed in the third person.
    man thinks i was born yesterday
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
  3. (MLE, slang, indefinite personal pronoun) Any person, one
    man don't care
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
    • c. 1450, Thomas Chestre, Libeaus Desconus:
      He was of all colours Þat man may se of flours Be-twene Mydsomer and May.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
    • 2013, Jenny Cheshire, “Grammaticalisation in social context: The emergence of a new English pronoun”, in Journal of Sociolinguistics‎[৭], volume 17, number 5, page 609:
      I don’t really mind how . how my girl looks if she looks decent yeah and there’s one bit of her face that just looks mashed yeah . I don’t care it’s her personality man’s looking at (Alex, Multicultural London English corpus [MLE])
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
Usage notes
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The usage of man as a pronoun originally died out in the 15th century. It has independently reappeared in Multicultural London English. There it is most commonly used as a first person pronoun or as an indefinite personal pronoun, but uses in the second and third person are also attested.[১]

Etymology 2

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From মধ্যযুগীয় ইংরেজি mannen, from Old English mannian, ġemannian (“to man, supply with men, populate, garrison”), from mann (“human being, man”). Cognate with ওলন্দাজ bemannen (“to man”), জার্মান bemannen (“to man”), দিনেমার bemande (“to man”), সুইডিশ bemanna (“to man”), আইসল্যান্ডীয় manna (“to supply with men, man”).

Verb

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man (third-person singular simple present mans, present participle manning, simple past and past participle manned)

  1. (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
    The ship was manned with a small crew.
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
    • ২০২৩ মার্চ ৮, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 39:
      In Britain, nearly 2,500 steam locomotives were built, 999 to new designs. Although the latter were modern, they were still labour-intensive to man and maintain, during a period of full employment when working for poor pay in the dirty railway environment was unattractive.
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  2. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
    Man the machine guns!
    (অনুগ্রহ করে এই ব্যবহারিক উদাহরণ এর একটি বাংলা অনুবাদ যুক্ত করুন)
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
      ‘Avast!’ roared Ahab, dashing him against the bulwarks — ‘Man the boat! Which way heading?’
      (please add an English translation of this উক্তি)
  3. (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
  6. (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
Derived terms
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Translations
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See টেমপ্লেট:section link-lite.

Etymology 3

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Clipping of manual.

Proper noun

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man

  1. (computing) A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
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References

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  1. ↑ ১.০ ১.১ Jenny Cheshire (2013) “Grammaticalisation in social context: The emergence of a new English pronoun”, in Journal of Sociolinguistics‎[১], volume 17, number 5, pages 608–633
  2. ↑ ২.০ ২.১ “man”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  3. ↑ ৩.০ ৩.১ “man”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  4. ↑ American Heritage Dictionary, 5th edition
  5. ↑ Purdue OWL

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