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xxiii. 2 (Douay version).

Man (măn), n.; pl.
Men (m&ebreve;n). [AS. mann, man,
monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G.
mann, Icel. maðr, for mannr, Dan.
Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu,
manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E.
mind. √104. Cf. Minx a pert girl.]
1. A human being; -- opposed to
beast.

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.

2. Especially: An adult male person; a grown-
up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.

When I became a man, I put away childish
things.

I Cor. xiii. 11.

Ceneus, a woman once, and once a
man.

Dryden.

3. The human race; mankind.

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