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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MEN, plu. of man. Two or more males, individuals of the human race.
1. Males of bravery. We will live in honor, or die like men.
2. Persons; people; mankind; in an indefinite sense. Men are apt to forget the benefactor, while they riot on the benefit.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the force of workers available [syn: work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men]

Merriam Webster's

plural of man

Oxford Reference Dictionary

pl. of MAN.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Keelman Keel"man, n.; pl. -men. See Keeler, 1.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

Men Men, n., pl. of Man.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Men is the plural of man.

Moby Thesaurus

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