Definition of "man" []

• An adult male human. (noun)
• A human regardless of sex or age; a person. (noun)
• A human or an adult male human belonging to a specific occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination: a milkman; a congressman; a freeman. (noun)
• The human race; mankind: man's quest for peace. (noun)
• Zoology A member of the genus Homo, family Hominidae, order Primates, class Mammalia, characterized by erect posture and an opposable thumb, especially a member of the only extant species, Homo sapiens, distinguished by a highly developed brain, the capacity for abstract reasoning, and the ability to communicate by means of organized speech and record information in a variety of symbolic systems. (noun)

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• "˜Every man or (a) donkey runs™, that is to say, whether only the term ˜man™ or the whole subject is distributed."
• "Kretzmann and Stump, p. For example, ˜man™ immediately signifies the concept man, but by mediation of the concept it signifies the second substance or form of man."
• "The owner of the Peony had that to his credit at least—no pilferage: an anxious man, a worried man—"