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  • 61Man in Black (Lost) — The Man in Black The Man in Black as portrayed by Titus Welliver (top) and Terry O Quinn (bottom), and as the smoke monster (middle) First appearance Pilot, Part 1 …

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  • 62husband — [OE] The Anglo Saxons used wer ‘man’ (as in werewolf) for ‘husband’, and not until the late 13th century was the word husband drafted in for ‘male spouse’. This had originally meant ‘master of a household’, and was borrowed from Old Norse… …

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  • 63husband — {{11}}husband (n.) O.E. husbonda male head of a household, probably from O.N. husbondi master of the house, from hus house (see HOUSE (Cf. house) (n.)) + bondi householder, dweller, freeholder, peasant, from buandi, prp. of bua to dwell (see… …

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  • 64husband — [[t]hʌ̱zbənd[/t]] ♦ husbands, husbanding, husbanded 1) N COUNT: oft poss N A woman s husband is the man she is married to. Eva married her husband Jack in 1957... Are they husband and wife? 2) VERB If you husband something valuable, you use it… …

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  • 65husband */*/*/ — UK [ˈhʌzbənd] / US noun [countable] Word forms husband : singular husband plural husbands the man that a woman is married to Carole s husband died last year. She isn t looking for a husband …

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  • 66man — I UK [mæn] / US noun Word forms man : singular man plural men UK [men] / US *** Words that may cause offence: man: Man and mankind are sometimes used to refer to humans in general, including both men and women. However, many people think that… …

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  • 67MAN, THE NATURE OF — IN THE BIBLE Names of Man The idea of man is expressed in the Bible by a number of words that reflect various aspects of his nature. The following are the most important. ʾADAM: collective, men, human beings, also (in prose, with the article)… …

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  • 68Man o' War — This article is about the horse named Man o War. For other uses, see Man O War. Man o War Man o War, 1920 Sire Fair Play Grandsire Hastings …

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  • 69man — man1 manless, adj. manlessly, adv. manlessness, n. manness, n. /man/, n., pl. men, v., manned, manning, interj. n. 1. an adult male person, as distinguished from a …

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  • 70man — [[t]mæ̱n[/t]] ♦ men, mans, manning, manned 1) N COUNT A man is an adult male human being. He had not expected the young man to reappear before evening... I have always regarded him as a man of integrity. ...the thousands of men, women and… …

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