mans
- third-personsingularsimplepresentindicative ofman
Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephaniemans the rudder?
mans
- (MLE, MTE, nonstandard, proscribed)plural ofman
2014, Robb Peters,D.A. Diary, Bloomington: AuthorHouse:Down the Ice Arena we met up with baremans then Dot came with us and we bopped to the Orchard.
- (obsolete)genitive ofman
1594,H[ugh] Plat,Diuerse New Sorts of Soyle Not Yet Brought into Any Publique Vse, for Manuring Both of Pasture and Arable Ground, with Sundrie Concepted Practises Belonging Therunto, London: […] Peter Short, page 8:But vnto man, and to diuers other land Creatures, the eating of much ſalt is very contagious, becauſe it maketh the bloud ſalt, and it breedes barenneſſe tomans bodie by the extreame ſiccitie thereof, and it maketh our ſeed ornature too ſharpe, but the ſame being moderatly taken, is very ſtirring in our bodies, and prouoketh them to venerious actes, whereby it helpeth to the generation of mankind.
1596,Thomas Lodge,A Margarite of America[1], London: John Busbie:The bed appointed for the prince to rest himselfe, was of blacke Ebonie enchased which Rubies, Diamons and Carbun[c]ls[…] on which by degreesmans state from infancie to his olde age was plainly depictured,
mans (singular only)
- (slang)Synonym ofman
Whosemans is this?
mans
- plural ofman
Inherited fromVulgar Latin*mānsus, fromLatinmānsuetus.
mans (femininemansa,masculine pluralmansos,feminine pluralmanses)
- tame
- Synonyms:manso,mansoi,mansuet,manyac
mans
- plural ofmà
- (castells, invariable f.pl.) acasteller positioned behind thebaix (also in front of the baix in the case of apilar) and helping to support thesegon, or a casteller in thepinya positioned behind these mans
- (castells, invariable f.pl.) any of the castellers helping to support the segons with their hands, including the mans as defined above, thevents, and thelaterals
- (castells, invariable f.pl.) in a construction built without a pinya, a casteller who stands around the base with arms raised and braced to provide safety in case of a fall; the act of doing this
FromOld Frenchmans fromLatinmancus.
mans
- crippled,maimed
mans m (pluralmansyon)
- amputee,cripple
mans c
- indefinitegenitivesingular ofman
mans
- (dated, nautical, dialect)plural ofman
mans
- genitivesingular ofmaður
mans
- plural ofman
mans m pl
- plural ofman
mans
- Romanization of𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃
mans
- plural ofman
mans(possessive, 1st person singular)
- my,mine
Borrowed fromSicilianmanzu,mansu.
mans (feminine singularmansa,pluralmansi)
- domesticated,tame
mans m pl
- plural ofman
mans
- indefinitegenitivesingular ofman
mans
- nominativeplural ofman