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man
n.
694 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) A person, a man or woman; (b)
erest men
, the first men, Adam and Eve;
cristen man, ded man, fals man, god man, haveles man, hethen man, ivel man, povre man, riche man, rightwis man, unilered man,
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