man
- noun
- /mæn/
- After years together, she still feels lucky to have such a loving man in her life.
- marry a man
- a married man
- sex with a man
I am fully ready to go and steal your man Naomi Smalls out.
- I am fully ready to go and steal your man Naomi Smalls out.
- Get you a regular looking ass man that just look all right.
Examples
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So now we are ready to serve our man the filet mignon.
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So we're look for a man who feels like me.
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My friends, when this man talks, I listen.
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I'll love my wife with all of me, and I will raise my son to be the best man he can be.
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This is about your man and how he ain't doing you right.
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You're a sweet man, Harry.
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Yet, many indicated a willingness to date such a man if he had other appealing characteristics.
Academic text (1999) -
Addington, 51, is the kind of man who likes to live dangerously in a dangerous world.
Academic text (2008) -
He's the kind of man who always remembers to bring flowers on a date.
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Many women appreciate a man who is respectful and caring.
Synonyms
An informal word for a man or boy
A man who is in a romantic relationship with someone
A husband, wife, or long-term companion in a romantic relationship
A woman's husband
A man who is someone's romantic partner or boyfriend
Idioms
- Informal
Each person must look after themselves in a dangerous or confusing situation
- Offensive
A joking phrase people use after 'I see' to show they do not believe someone
Compounds
A performer who plays a serious role in a comedy to make the other person's jokes funnier
A person who has skill and knowledge in many different areas like art and science
- Offensive
An older man who makes sexual comments or touches younger people when they do not want him to
- US
A man who lives in the mountains or other wild places and can hunt and survive
A man who has a lot of life experience and is comfortable in many social situations
- Offensive
A person who always agrees with someone in charge to get approval or avoid trouble
- Literature
A shape people imagine on the moon's surface that looks like a face
How Committed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Man began as the word for a 'male person', so it naturally came to mean a woman's husband or boyfriend. That's why calling someone 'my man' can mean 'the man in my life' or partner.