• any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
• 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"
• all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `huMankind'' because `Mankind'' seemed to slight the women"
• one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
• an adult male person (as opposed to a woMan); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
• 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 who has a Manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a Man of you"
• the generic use of the word to refer to any huMan being; "it was every Man for himself"
• a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his Man in Havana"
• 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"
• provide with men; "We cannot Man all the desks"
• take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith Manned the reception desk in the morning"

'Man' in other languages