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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Alternative form of man (suggesting a Spanish accent)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
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prep
Amid, amongst, among.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Devon
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verb
To mix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Devon
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verb
To beg; to beg for money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, dated, rare, slang
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History
Dialectal rendering of man, as used in American Spanish.
From Middle English mang, mangis, imang, emang, variants of Middle English on mang, in mange, from Old English on ġemang. More at among.
From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.
Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mang- (“to want, beg”). Compare Sanskrit mārg-, मार्ग् (“to seek, ask for”).
