name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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noun
Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.
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noun
Long or thick hair of a person's head.
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noun
Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.
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noun
Eye dialect spelling of man.
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Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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noun
long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
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Broader terms: hair
Narrower terms: encolure
noun
growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
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Synonyms: head of hair
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Broader terms: hair
History
From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Danish man (“horse's mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).
Dialectal rendering of man, as used in African-American Vernacular English.
Across languages
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