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he-man

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈhiː.mæn/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A strong or virile man.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure A lotta draggy party-type people there...girls all decked out & guys with he-man cologne on.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a man who is virile and sexually active

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stud, macho-man

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: man, adult male

History

Etymology

From he- + man.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: rigtigt mandfolk — strong or virile man
  • Finnish: machomies — strong or virile man
  • Finnish: miehinen mies — strong or virile man
  • Finnish: miesten mies — strong or virile man
  • Finnish: tosi mies — strong or virile man
  • German: echter Mann — strong or virile man
  • German: ganzer Kerl — strong or virile man
  • Greenlandic: angutivik — strong or virile man
  • Italian: fusto — strong or virile man
  • Russian: настоя́щий мужчи́на (nastojáščij mužčína) — strong or virile man
  • Swedish: karlakarl — strong or virile man