mans

• IPA^(key): /mænz/
• Rhymes: -ænz

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From man + -s (third-person singular suffix).

mans

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of man

   Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?

From man + -s (plural suffix).

mans

1. (MLE, MTE, nonstandard, proscribed) plural of man
   • 2014, Robb Peters, D.A. Diary, Bloomington: AuthorHouse:

     Down the Ice Arena we met up with bare mans then Dot came with us and we bopped to the Orchard.

From man + -s (genitive suffix).

mans

1. (obsolete) genitive of man
   • 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC, book I, page [28]:

     And symony they called this, to take and inioy any spirituall liuing at a secular mans hand.

   • 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 to mans 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 degrees mans state from infancie to his olde age was plainly depictured,

From man + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

mans (singular only)

1. (slang) Synonym of man.

   Whose mans is this?

   • 2017 August 22, A-T. Gabe, chapter 7, in Stuck in a Day Dream, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:

     “Don’t forget that I’m here for you.” I stated. He smiled. / “Yeah I know, thanks mans.” he answered.

• MNAs, MNSA, NASM, mnas

mans

1. plural of man

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmans]

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• Rhymes: -ans

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mānsus, from Latin mānsuetus.

mans (feminine mansa, masculine plural mansos, feminine plural manses)

1. tame

   Synonyms: manso, mansoi, mansuet, manyac

• amansir
• mansament

mans

1. plural of mà
2. (castells, invariable f.pl.) a casteller positioned behind the baix (also in front of the baix in the case of a pilar) and helping to support the segon, or a casteller in the pinya positioned behind these mans
3. (castells, invariable f.pl.) any of the castellers helping to support the segons with their hands, including the mans as defined above, the vents, and the laterals
4. (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

• “mans”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Old French mans from Latin mancus.

mans

1. crippled, maimed

mans m (plural mansyon)

1. amputee, cripple

mans c

1. indefinite genitive singular of man

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mans

1. (dated, nautical, dialect) plural of man

mans

1. genitive singular of maður

mans

1. plural of man

mans m pl

1. plural of man

mans

1. romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃

mans

1. plural of man

mans (possessive, 1st person singular)

1. my, mine

• manējs

Borrowed from Sicilian manzu, mansu.

• IPA^(key): /mans/
• Rhymes: -ans

mans (feminine singular mansa, plural mansi)

1. domesticated, tame

mans m pl

1. plural of man

mans

1. indefinite genitive singular of man

mans

1. nominative plural of man