MEN- DEFINITIONS - 28 definitions found
men- -men Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Keelman \Keel"man\, n.; pl. -{men}. See Keeler, 1. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Lightman \Light"man\ (-m[a^]n), n.; pl. -men (-m[e^]n). A man who carries or takes care of a light. --T. Brown. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Light-horseman \Light"-horse`man\ (-h[^o]rs`man), n.; pl. -men (-men). 1. A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th Light. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Low-churchman \Low"-church`man\, n.; pl. -men. One who holds low-church principles. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Ribbonman \Rib"bon*man\, n.; pl. -men. A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Roberdsman \Rob"erds*man\, Robertsman \Rob"erts*man\, n.; pl. -men. (Old Statutes of Eng.) A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Overman \O"ver*man\, n.; pl. -men. 1. One in authority over others; a chief; usually, an overseer or boss. 2. An arbiter. 3. In the philosophy of Nietzsche, a man of superior physique and powers capable of dominating others; one fitted to survive in an egoistic struggle for the mastery. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Skyman \Sky"man\, n.; pl. -men. An a["e]ronaut. [Slang] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Signalman \Sig"nal*man\, n.; pl. -men. A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Trackman \Track"man\, n.; pl. -men. (Railroads) One employed on work on the track; specif., a trackwalker. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Orangeman \Or"ange*man\, n.; pl. -men. One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III. of England. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Plainsman \Plains"man\, n.; pl. -men. One who lives in the plains. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Pointsman \Points"man\, n.; pl. -men (-men). A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. [Eng.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Plowman \Plow"man\, Ploughman \Plough"man\, n.; pl. -men. 1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. --Chaucer. Macaulay. 2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer. Plowman's spikenard (Bot.), a European composite weed ({Conyza squarrosa}), having fragrant roots. --Dr. Prior. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Tripeman \Tripe"man\, n.; pl. -men. A man who prepares or sells tripe. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Beadsman \Beads"man\, Bedesman \Bedes"man\, n.; pl. -men. A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. --Fuller. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Man \Man\, n.; pl. Men. [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. ma[eth]r, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind. [root]104. Cf. Minx a pert girl.] 1. A human being; -- opposed tobeast. These men went about wide, and man found they none, But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one. --R. of Glouc. The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me. --Shak. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Gownsman \Gowns"man\, Gownman \Gown"man\, n.; pl. -men (-men). One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Handcraftsman \Hand"crafts`man\, n.; pl. -men. A handicraftsman. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Handi-craftsman \Hand"i-crafts`man\, n.; pl. -men. A man skilled or employed in handcraft. --Bacon. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Men \Men\, n., pl. of Man. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Men \Men\, pron. [OE. me, men. ``Not the plural of man, but a weakened form of the word man itself.'' Skeat.] A man; one; -- used with a verb in the singular, and corresponding to the present indefinite one or they. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. Men moot give silver to the poure triars. --Chaucer. A privy thief, men clepeth death. --Chaucer. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Henchman \Hench"man\, n.; pl. -men. [OE. hencheman, henxman; prob. fr. OE. & AS. hengest horse + E. man, and meaning, a groom. AS. hengest is akin to D. & G. hengst stallion, OHG. hengist horse, gelding.] An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) High-churchman \High"-church`man\, n.; pl. -men. One who holds high-church principles. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Herdman \Herd"man\, Herdsman \Herds"man\, n.; pl. -men. The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 57 Moby Thesaurus words for "men": Everyman, John Doe, Public, body politic, citizenry, common man, commonwealth, community, community at large, crew, employees, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, fighting force, firepower, folk, folks, force, forces, gang, general public, gentry, hands, help, hired help, male sex, man, manhood, mankind, menfolk, menfolks, nation, nationality, people, people in general, personnel, persons, polity, populace, population, public, retinue, servantry, society, staff, state, sword side, the big battalions, the help, troops, units, work force, world, you and me |
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