Word Finder - mans

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An adult male human.

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The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.

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(collective) All human males collectively: mankind.

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A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)

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every man for himself

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(collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)

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A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.

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An male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

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An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.

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Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.

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A husband.

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A lover; a boyfriend.

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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.)

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Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.

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A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)

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I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.

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A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.

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A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.

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An adult male servant.

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A vassal; a subject.

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Like master, like man.

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A piece or token used in board games such as chess.

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Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.

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A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.

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Come on, man, we've got no time to lose!

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A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.

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Hey, man, how's it goin'?

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A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.

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To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).

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The ship was manned with a small crew.

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To take up position in order to operate (something).

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Man the machine guns!

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(possibly obsolete) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)

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To wait on, attend to or escort.

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To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

They date from the time of the legal expiry of each mans cornptilsory active service.

There too he probably met Jacques Peletier du Mans, who had published a translation of the Ars poetica of Horace, with a preface in which much of the programme advocated later by the Pleiade is to be found in outline.

Pure Morphology.Thus it became apparent that the mans and various organs of plants are, for the most part, different forms of a small number of members of the body, which have been distinguished as follows, without any reference to function.

Husband and wife met again in 1195, and the queen long survived the king, residing chiefly at Le Mans.

Master Chief is driving while the alien mans the turret.

He could not avert the mistaken policy which led to the rout at Le Mans, and was finally shot in an obscure skirmish at Nouaille on the 4th of March 1794.

During his father's life-time he had been beaten by Gervais, bishop of Le Mans (1038), but now (10 4 7 or 1048) succeeded in taking the latter prisoner, for which he was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX.

When the Franco-Prussian War broke out, Gabriel Monod, with his cousins, Alfred and Sarah Monod, organized an ambulance with which he followed the whole campaign, from Sedan to Mans.

See Rhode, Res Lemnicae; Conze, Reise auf den Inseln des Thrakischen Meeres (from which the above-mentioned facts about the present state of the island are taken); also Hunt in Walpole's Travels; Belon du Mans, Observations de plusieurs singularitez, &c.; Finlay, Greece under the Romans; von Hammer, Gesch.

Older Pal aeolil/zic Period .T he earliest traces of mans handiwork are found either at the end of the pre-Glacial epoch, or in an inter-Glacial period, but it is a disputed point whether the latter is the first of a series of such periods.

Their chief town was Vindinum or Suindinum (corrupted into Subdinnum), afterwards Civitas Cenomanorum (whence Le Mans), the original name of the town, as usual in the case of Gallic cities, being replaced by that of the people.

In the case of the latter, the survival of the syllable "man" in Le Mans is due to the stress laid on the vowel; had the vowel been short and unaccented, it would have disappeared.

In low a priory was founded at Solesmes and placed under the authority of the abbey of La Couture of Le Mans.

He was present at Coulmiers, Villepion and Loigny-Poupry, in command of a division, and in Chanzy's retreat upon Le Mans and the battle at that place in command of a corps.

In these operations began his intimacy with Marceau, with whom he defeated the Royalists at Le Mans and Savenay.

About this time, also, he had interfered in the affairs of Maine, though without much result, for having sided against Gervais, bishop of Le Mans, who was trying to make himself guardian of the young count of Maine, Hugh, he had been beaten and forced to make terms with Gervais in 1038.

But after the decisive defeats at Le Mans and Savenay, Cottereau retired again to his old haunts in the wood of Misdon, and resumed his old course of guerrilla warfare.

Four days afterwards Wilbur Wright at Le Mans in France beat all previous records with a flight lasting hour 31 minutes 25-tseconds, in which he covered about 56 m.; and subsequently, on the 11th of October, he made a flight of hour 9 minutes accompanied by a passenger.

After the battle of Le Mans, Marceau rescued and protected a young Royalist lady, Angelique des Mesliers.

In December they were defeated with immense loss at Le Mans and at Savenay.

Instead of profiting by Dumouriezs treachery and the successes in La Vende, the Coalition, divided over the resuscitated Polish question, lost time on the frontiers of this new Poland of the west which was sacrificing itself for the sake of a Universal Republic. Thus in January 1794 the territory of France was cleared of the Prussians and Austrians by the victories at Hondschoote, Wattignies and Wissembourg; the army of La Vende was repulsed from Granville, overwhelmed by Hoches army at Le Mans and Savenay, and its leaders shot; royalist sedition was suppressed at Lyons, Bordeaux, Marseilles and Toulon; federalist insurrections were wiped out by the terrible massacres of Carrier at Nantes, the atrocities of Lebon at Arras, and the wholesale executions of Fouch and Collot dHerbois at Lyons; Louis XVI.

Hence arose incessant complaints on the part of the dispossessed bishops, of the metropolitan of Tours, and his suffragans, notably those of Angers and Le Mans, which were more exposed than the others to the incursions of the Bretons; and this gave rise to numerous papal letters, and all this throughout a period of thirty years.

In the province of Tours, attempts have been made to define more clearly the centre of the forgeries, and the most recent authorities fix upon Le Mans.

It was quickly suppressed and he thereupon joined the army of the revolted Vendeans, taking part in the battles of Le Mans and of Savenay in December 1793.

And the noise is just mind blowing; not even a Le Mans Jaguar sounds so aggressive, so purposeful.

These would include stretcher bearers who often put their lives at risk to rescue injured soldiers in No Mans Land.

In 1962 success was achieved again at the 24 hours endurance race at Le Mans.

A good job we were going to Le Mans then.

The officer removed the ligature and provided first aid which saved the mans life.

The classic marque which won the 1959 Classic Le Mans 24 Hrs, will feature throughout the weekend.

Just like the rainforests, seagrass meadows are threatened by mans ' insatiable need to expand, build and consume.

The batch of 30 MANs was originally ordered by Citybus, who canceled the order after production started.

Made of a soft rubber the rabbit fits snug at the base of the mans penis effectively helping maintain an erection.

The car was officially unveiled by Guy Smith, winner of the 2003 Le Mans 24 hour race.

In the last years of the reign of Francis I., cardinal du Bellay was in favour with the duchesse d'Etampes, and received a number of benefices - the bishopric of Limoges (1541), archbishopric of Bordeaux (1544), bishopric of Le Mans (1546); but his influence in the council was supplanted by that of Cardinal de Tournon.

The proposal led to a new civil war; and, although a temporary compromise was arranged, Richard soon sought the help of Philip Augustus, to whom he did homage for all the continental possessions in the actual presence of his father (Conference of Bonmoulins, 18th of November 1188) In the struggle which ensued the old king was overpowered, chased ignominiously from Le Mans to Angers, and forced to buy peace by conceding all that was demanded of him; in particular the immediate recognition of Richard as his successor.

He began life as a working upholsterer, first at Mans, then at Paris (1880), where his peasant and socialist songs soon won him fame in the Montmartre quarter.

The old road from Alencon down to Le Mans through the sweeping bends under the trees is much more fun.

The crowns are as large as a mans body, of a delicate pink color.

For example, the inspiration for our Lucky 9s collection comes from the Le Mans car race in France…circa 1950s.

If that isn't cool enough, Steve McQueen wore one in Le Mans.

The sales clerk, or sales associate, mans the point of sale system.

To that end, the company decided to manufacture two cars specifically for the European racing event 24 Hours of Le Mans.

However, Porsche did not enter the car in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, and new regulations may prevent the car from being entered in subsequent competitions.

The angels that resent mans ability to choose, to deny and even to vilify God's gifts, want to destroy this creation in honor of their own creator.

The barons supported Azo of Liguria, the lawful successor of Herbert II.; the citizens of Le Mans set up a commune, expelled Azo's representatives and made war on the barons.

William had therefore no difficulty in reducing the country, even though Le Mans was assisted by Fulk of Anjou (1073).

However sorry a mans.

They re-formed at Le Mans, where they were defeated by Westermann, and the same officer definitively annihilated the main body of the insurgents at Savenay (December 1793).

Its trade is due to its position in the agricultural and horsebreeding district known as the "Campagne de Caen" and to its proximity to the iron mines of the Orne valley, and to manufacturing towns such as Falaise, Le Mans, &c. In the south-east of the town there is a floating basin lined with quays and connected with the Orne and with the canal which debouches into the sea at Ouistreham 9 m.