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take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks" a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man" an adult male person (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster''s man" all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind'' because `mankind'' seemed to slight the women" |
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