Man Definition
Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.
- In complete agreement; unanimously.
- With no exception:
They objected as one man.
- Independent in judgment and action.
- Without exception:
All were lost, to a man.
- in unison; unanimously
- to be free and independent
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Man
- as one man
- (one's) own man
- to a man
- as a man
- be one's own man
- man and boy
- the Man
- to a man
Origin of Man
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From Middle English man, from Old English mann (“human being, person, man"), from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“human being, man"), probably from Proto-Indo-European *man- (“man") (compare also *men- (“mind")). Cognate with West Frisian man, Dutch man, German Mann (“man"), Norwegian mann (“man"), Old Swedish maþer (“man"), Swedish man, Russian муж (muž, “male person"), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬱 (manuÅ¡), Sanskrit मनु (manu, “human being").
From Wiktionary
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The verb is from Middle English mannen, from Old English mannian, Ä¡emannian (“to man, supply with men, populate, garrison"), from mann (“human being, man"). Cognate with Dutch mannen (“to man"), German mannen (“to man"), Swedish bemanna (“to man"), Icelandic manna (“to supply with men, man").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English mann man-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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