manˈ-child noun (pl menˈ-children) (literary)

1. A male child
2. A boy

man crush noun (slang)

A heterosexual man's feeling of admiration for another man

manˈ-day noun (pl manˈ-days)

A day's work by one person

manˈ-eater noun

1. A cannibal
2. A tiger or other animal that has acquired the habit of eating humans
3. A shark that eats human flesh
4. A woman given to acquiring and dispatching male admirers (informal)

manˈ-eating adjective

manˈ-entered adjective (Shakespeare)

Passed from boyhood into manhood

man flu noun (facetious)

A heavy cold (from the idea that men tend to exaggerate the seriousness of the condition)

Man Friday noun (pl Man Fridays)

A factotum or servile attendant (from Robinson Crusoe's man)

manˈhandle transitive verb

1. To move by manpower
2. To handle or treat roughly (orig slang)

manˈhole noun

A hole large enough to admit a person, esp to a sewer, cable-duct, etc

manhood suffrage noun

Right to vote accorded to male citizens

manˈ-hour noun (pl manˈ-hours)

An hour's work by one person

manˈhunt noun

An organized search for a person, esp one mounted by police, etc, for a criminal

man in the moon noun

1. A supposed likeness of a man's face seen on the surface of the moon
2. The fanciful character of children's rhymes, etc, derived from this

man in the street noun

1. The ordinary, everyday man
2. Tom, Dick, or Harry

man-jackˈ or man jack noun

Individual man (as every man-jack)

man-machine interface noun (computing)

The device or method by which a user communicates with a computer, eg a keyboard or mouse

manˈ-made adjective

1. Made by man
2. Humanly made or originated
3. (of fibre, fabric, etc) artificial, synthetic

man-manˈagement noun

The organization of the work of members of staff

man-manˈager noun (slang)

A person regarded in a terms of ability to direct the work of others (as in a good man-manager

manˈ-mark transitive verb

(in football, hockey, etc) to mark (a particular opponent) closely

man-millˈiner noun (literary)

1. A male milliner
2. A man with frivolous interests or concerns (archaic; derogatory)

man-mindˈed adjective

Having the mind or qualities of a man

man of business noun (esp Scot)

An agent or a lawyer

man of God noun

1. A holy man
2. A clergyman (also man of the cloth)

man of his hands noun

A man of prowess

man of law noun

A lawyer

man of letters noun

1. A scholar
2. A writer

man of skill noun (Scots law)

An expert witness or a professionally qualified person appointed by the court to provide a written report on a technical issue in a case

man of straw noun

1. A person of no substance (esp financially)
2. One nominally, but not really, responsible
3. A sham opponent or argument set up for the sake of disputation

man of the cloth see man of God above.

man of the match noun

The outstanding player in a sports match (also figurative)

man of the moment noun

The man (most capable of) dealing with the present situation

man of the world noun

A man with experience of the pains and (esp sexual) pleasures of life

man-of-warˈ or man-o'-warˈ noun (pl men-of-warˈ or men-o'-warˈ)

1. A warship
2. A soldier (archaic or facetious)
3. (in full man-of-war bird) the frigate bird
4. (see also Portuguese man-of-war under Portuguese)

manˈ-of-war's-man noun

A man who serves on board a warship

manˈ-orchid noun

An orchid (Aceras anthropophora) whose flowers have a human-like shape

manˈpack noun

A package of supplies or equipment designed to be carried by one person

manˈpower noun

1. The agency or energy of people in doing work
2. The rate at which a person can work
3. Available resources in population or in able-bodied people

Manpower Services Commission noun

The former name for the Training Agency (see under train¹)

manˈ-queller noun (Shakespeare)

A man-killer, a murderer

manˈrider or manriding train noun

The formal name for a paddy train (qv)

manˈriding adjective

Used of equipment on oil rigs that is used by personnel and is built to a higher standard of safety than material-handling systems

manˈrope noun (nautical)

A rope railing on a gangway or ladder

manˈ-servant noun (pl menˈ-servants)

A male servant

manˈshift noun

The work done by one person in one shift or work period

manˈ-size or manˈ-sized adjective

1. Suitable for, or requiring, a man
2. Very big (informal)

manˈslaughter noun

1. The killing of a man
2. Unlawful homicide without malice aforethought (law)

manˈ-slayer noun

A person who kills a man

manˈ-stealer noun

A person who steals people, esp to make slaves of them

manˈtrap noun

1. A trap for catching trespassers
2. Any source of potential danger
3. A woman who takes a mischievous pleasure in attracting and acquiring men (informal)

manˈ-watching noun

The study of body language

manˈ-week or manˈ-year noun (pl manˈ-weeks or manˈ-years)

A week's or year's work by one person

menˈfolk or menˈfolks plural noun

Male people, esp a woman's male relatives

men's movement noun

A movement begun in the USA in opposition to the women's movement (qv under woman), aiming to uphold the traditional role of men in society

mensˈwear noun

Clothing for men

as one man

1. All together
2. Unanimously

be one's own man

To be independent, not answerable to anyone else

be someone's man

To be exactly the person someone is seeking for a particular purpose

make a man of

To help a young man to acquire the characteristics associated with a mature adult

man alive

An exclamation of surprise

man and boy

From childhood to adulthood

man to man

1. One man to another as individuals in fight or talk
2. Frank(ly) and confidential(ly)

man up

(informal) to accept responsibility in the manner of a mature person

men in grey suits

Unseen establishment figures holding the ultimate power in an organization, political party, etc

old man of the sea see under old

our man in…

A company or government representative in, or journalist covering, a particular area

separate (or sort out) the men from the boys

To serve as a test of ability, calibre, courage, etc

the Man of Sin (religion)

The Antichrist

to a man

Without exception