husband-man

  • 71Man in the Moon — For other uses, see Man in the Moon (disambiguation). Lunar nearside with major maria and craters labeled The Man in the Moon is an imaginary figure resembling a human face, head or body, that observers from some cultural backgrounds typically… …

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  • 72Man — This article is about adult human males. For humans in general, see Human. For the word, see Man (word). For the island, see Isle of Man. For other uses, see Man (disambiguation). Manhood and Men redirect here. For other uses, see Manhood… …

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  • 73man — Synonyms and related words: Achilles, Adam, Adamite, Australanthropus, Australopithecus, Barbary ape, Casanova, Chiroptera, Cro Magnon man, David, Don Juan, Galley Hill man, Gigantopithecus, Grimaldi man, Hector, Heidelberg man, Hominidae, Homo… …

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  • 74man — {{11}}man (n.) O.E. man, mann human being, person (male or female); brave man, hero; servant, vassal, from P.Gmc. *manwaz (Cf. O.S., Swed., Du., O.H.G. man, Ger. Mann, O.N. maðr, Dan. mand, Goth. manna man ), from PIE root *man (1) man (Cf. Skt …

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  • 75man — noun (plural men) 1》 an adult human male. 2》 a male member of a workforce, team, etc. 3》 a husband or lover: man and wife. 4》 a person.     ↘human beings in general; the human race. 5》 (the Man) informal a group or person in a position of… …

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  • 76Husband — This unusual and interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is an occupational surname for a husbandman, a farmer, originally a peasant farmer. The derivation of the name is from the Old English pre 7th Century husbonda , Old Norse husbondi …

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  • 77husband — hus•band [[t]ˈhʌz bənd[/t]] n. v. band•ed, band•ing. n. 1) a married man, esp. when considered in relation to his wife 2) archaic a prudent or frugal manager 3) to manage, esp. with economy 4) to use frugally; conserve; store: to husband one s… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 78man — off man [[t]mæn[/t]] n. pl. men, 1) an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman 2) pal pan a member of the species Homo sapiens or all the members of this species collectively, without regard to sex 3) bio the human individual as …

    From formal English to slang

  • 79husband — [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… …

    Word origins

  • 80man — I. noun (plural men) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English man, mon human being, male human; akin to Old High German man human being, Sanskrit manu Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) an individual human; especially an adult male human (2)… …

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