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Man Refer People Someone's Husband Lover Boyfriend Gambling

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Some people refer to someone's husband, lover, or boyfriend as their m__ .Some people refer to someone's husband, lover, or boyfriend as their man .
word man
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noun
A man is an adult male human being.
He had not expected the young man to reappear before evening.
...the thousands of men, women and children who are facing starvation.
Man and men are sometimes used to refer to all human beings, including both males and females. Many people prefer to avoid this use.
The chick initially has no fear of man.
Anxiety is modern man's natural state.
...a possible first step to sending a man back to the moon or to Mars.
If you say that a man is, for example, a gambling man or an outdoors man, you mean that he likes gambling or outdoor activities.
Are you a gambling man, Mr Graham?
He is a keen outdoors man with a great interest in photography and walking.
If you say that a man is, for example, a London man or an Oxford man, you mean that he comes from London or Oxford, or went to university there.
...as the Stockport man collected his winnings.
Attlee was an Oxford man.
If you refer to a particular company's or organization's man, you mean a man who works for or represents that company or organization.
...the Daily Telegraph's man in Abu Dhabi.
...America's man at the United Nations.
If you say that a man is someone's man, you mean that he always supports that person or does what they want .
Some people refer to someone's husband, lover, or boyfriend as their man .
In the armed forces, the men are soldiers, sailors, marines, or airmen of lower rank, as opposed to the officers.
150 officers and men had to be taken straight to hospital.
...a drill sergeant who would work with the men at least one hour every morning.
Male workers are sometimes referred to as men, especially if they do physical work or work for a more senior person.
The men voted by a four-to-one majority to accept the pay offer.
After the talks, the leader of the Workers' Council said his men would be going back down the mines.
One man sometimes addresses another as ' man ' when he is angry or impatient with him.
I told you, man! It'll be sometime after eight o'clock.
In very informal social situations, man is sometimes used as a greeting or form of address to a man.
Hey wow, man! Where d'you get those boots?
verb
If you man something such as a place or machine, you operate it or are in charge of it.
French soldiers manned roadblocks in the capital city.
...the person manning the phone at the complaints department.
The station is seldom manned in the evening.
inflections menmansmanningmanned
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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