Standard Lemma guide
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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A god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname.
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name
The twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
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noun
plural of man
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
(The) people, humanity, man(kind).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, dated, plural, plural-only
Topics: fantasy
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noun
Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, dated, plural, plural-only
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
the force of workers available
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: work force, workforce, manpower, hands
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Broader terms: force, personnel
Narrower terms: complement, full complement
History
From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.
Across languages
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