men en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /mɛn/
- /mɪn/ (pin-pen-merger)
Etymology
From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of man
form of man
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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(collective, dated, plural, plural-only) (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
1776 July 4, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America:
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(collective, dated, plural, plural-only) Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
"Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant.
Deriveds
meninism · man among men · menkind · three-men-in-a-boat · merby · menfolk · formenism · smartman · antimen · meninist · Menver · menstealer · menless · menswear · menfolks
Relateds
Translations (35)
ar نَاس (human people) · fi ihmiset (human people) · et inimesed (human people) · sw wabinadamu (human people) · it genti (human people) · de Leute (human people) · nl men (human people) · el άνθρωποι (human people) · ca homes (human people) · nl mensen (human people) · et rahvas (human people) · mk луѓе (human people) · so rag (human people) · ru лю́ди (human people) · pl ludzie (human people) · cmn 人們 /人们 (human people) · ro oameni (human people) · ko 사람들 (human people) · fr gens (human people) · mrc 'iipash (human people) · oc òmis (human people) · oc òmes (human people) · hi लोग (human people) · fr hommes (human people) · pt homens (human people) · de Menschen (human people) · ja 人々 (human people) · fr on (human people) · cmn 人 (human people) · cs lidé (human people) · la homines (human people) · ur لوگ (human people) · sk ľudia (human people) · uz kishilar (human people) · eo homoj (human people)