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Definition: Men |
MenNoun1. The force of workers available. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "men" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Human adult males as cultural, psychological, sociological, political, and economic entities. (references) |
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Male is a sex that denotes an animal which produces sperm cells in order to reproduce. (The sperm is defined as the smaller gamete). The male is one half of a heterogamous reproduction system, where the female is the other half.'Male' and 'female' designate reproductive structures in plants, so the concept is not just limited to animals.
Male or Masculine is a grammatical gender in many languages.
A man is a male human being.
In most cultures, men are expected to conform to a standard male gender role.
In hardware and electronics, a male connector is a fixture, such as a plug, which is designed to be inserted into a corresponding (female) fitting. (See gender changer.)
See also:
- Misandry
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This article concerns how a man differs from women, or is conventionally expected to.
For other meanings of man, Man, or MAN, see Man (disambiguation).' A man is an adult, male human. The irregular plural is men.
Sex
In terms of sex, men have various sexual characteristics that differentiate them from women. In men, the sex organs are involved in the reproductive system, whereas the secondary sex characteristics are involved in attracting a mate or in defeating rivals. Men have mainly external sex organs. The study of male reproduction and associated organs is called andrology.
In general, men suffer from the same illnesses as women, however there are some sex-related illnesses that occur only or more frequently in men.
Gender Roles
In terms of gender, men differ from women by a variety of behaviours.
- Men, considered as a group, are often considered to be more aggressive than women. However, in interpersonal relationships, most research has found that men and women are equally aggressive. Men do tend to be more aggressive outside of the home.
- In modern western society, few wear cosmetics or clothing generally associated with female gender roles. (Doing so is known as cross-dressing, and is generally stigmatised).
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- metropolitan area network
- A German bus and truck manufacturing company, MAN.
- The IATA airport code for Manchester International Airport
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The race of Men in J. R. R. Tolkien's books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is a race of humans.
Origins
The race of Men is the second race of beings created by the Supreme God, Ilúvatar. Because they awoke at the start of the First Age, while the Elves awoke three Ages before them, they are called the Afterborn (Quenya Atani, Sindarin: Edain) by the Elves. Men are unlike Elves gifted by the so called Gift of Men, Death.
In other words, Elves are immortal, Men are not. While the destiny of the Elves is to go west to dwell with the Valar in Valinor, the destiny of Men is to hold dominion over Middle-earth.
Groups and alignments
Although all Men are related to one another, there are many different groups with different policies. The most important group in the First Age were the Edain. Although the word Edain refers to all Men, the Elves use it to distinguish those Men who fought with them in the First Age against Morgoth in Beleriand and those who didn't. Those Men who fought against Morgoth in the First Age were divided into three Houses.The First House of the Edain was led by Bëor and entered Beleriand in 305 T.A. and were granted the fief of Ladros in Dorthonion by Finrod Felagund. The Second House of the Edain, the House of Haleth was led by Haldad and later by his daughter Haleth and settled in the Forest of Brethil. And the most famous Third House was led by Hador and they settled in Dor-lómin.
Other Men didn't cross the Misty Mountains or fought against Morgoth. Some such as the Easterlings fought openly on his side. Later on the Haradrim would fight on Sauron's side against the descendants of the Edain. Here below follow the short descriptions of the most important groups of Men in the First, Second and Third Age.
Edain and Dúnedain
Through their services and assistance rendered to the Elves and the Valar in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, the Edain were rewarded a new continent of their own between Middle-earth and the Undying Lands. This was the island of Númenor, an island in the form of a five-pointed star far away from the evil of Middle-earth.They were led to this island by Elros with the help of his father Eärendil who controlled the bright star of the same name. Once there Elros became the first king of Númenor as Tar-Minyatur and the Edain became known as the Dúnedain (Sindarin for Men of the West). The kingdom of Númenor grew steadily in power and the Dúnedain became the noblest and highest of all Men on Arda. Allied to the Elves, Númenor fought against Morgoth's lieutenant Sauron.
Now that the Men of the West had become powerful they no longer enjoyed the Gift of Men, Death. They wanted to become immortal like the Elves and enjoy their power. The Númenoreans turned away from the Valar, began to call the Gift of Men the Doom of Men and cursed the Ban of the Valar which prevented them to enter Valinor. In 2899 S.A. Ar-Adûnakhôr became the first king of Númenor who took his royal name in Adûnaic, the language of Men instead of Quenya, the language of the Elves. This led to civil war in Númenor.
The people of Númenor were divided into two factions: the King's Men, who enjoyed the support of the King and the majority of the people. They favoured Adûnaic as language. The minority faction, the Faithful, were led by the lord of Andunië, the westernmost province of Númenor, and favoured Quenya.Sauron who by the second millennium of the Second Age was nearly defeated by the Elves took advantage of the division. He surrendered to the last Númenorean King, Ar-Pharazôn and advised him to attack Valinor and claim immortality. This he foolishly did, and as a punishment Númenor, the island of the Men of the West fell and only the Faithful escaped and founded the twin kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.
Black Númenoreans and Haradrim
The Faithful weren't the only Númenoreans left on Middle-earth when Númenor sank. When Númenor grew in (naval) power many Númenoreans founded colonies in Middle-earth. In the second millennium of the Second Age there was an exodus of Men from overcrowded Númenor. The King's Men because they wanted to conquer more lands, and the Faithful because they were persecuted by the Kings. The Faithful settled in Pelargir and the King's Men settled in Umbar. When Númenor was destroyed the King's Men became known as the Black Númenoreans and remained hostile against the Faithful of Gondor. From their ranks Sauron managed to recruit the Ringwraiths in the second millennium of the Second Age. Umbar was conquered by Gondor in 933 Third Age.
Further east another group of Men lived, the Haradrim. They were dark skinned Men and waged war on great Oliphaunts or Mûmakil, the Haradrim are excellent horsemen, although not as good as the Rohirrim. Hostile to Gondor they were conquered by Gondor in 1050 T.A. by Hyarmendacil I. They fought against Gondor in the War of the Ring.
Easterlings
Most Men who fought in the armies of Morgoth and Sauron were Easterlings, who came from the region around the Sea of Rhûn. Some Easterlings offered their services to the Elvish kingdoms in Beleriand, among them were Bor and his sons and Ulfang the Black and his sons. This proved to be disastrous for the Elves in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad when Ulfang and his clan switched sides and defected to Morgoth, while Bor and his sons died bravely fighting on the side of the Eldar.After Morgoth's defeat Sauron extended his influence over the Easterlings and although Sauron was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the end of the Second Age, the Easterlings were the first enemies to attack Gondor again in 492 T.A. They were soundly defeated by King Rómendacil I, but invaded again in 541 T.A. and took revenge by slaying King Rómendacil. Rómendacil's son Turambar took large portions of land from them. In the next centuries Gondor held sway over the Easterlings. When Gondor's power began to decrease in the twelfth century Third Age, the Easterlings took the complete eastern bank of the Anduin except Ithilien crushing Gondor's allies, the Northmen.
The Easterlings were divided in different tribes, such as the Wainriders and the Balchoth. The Wainriders was a confederation of Easterlings which was very active between 1856 T.A. and 1944 T.A. In 1856 T.A. the Wainriders defeated the Gondorian army under King Narmacil II and slew him. The tide was temporarily turned when Narmacil's son Calimehtar defeated them at Dagorlad. But in 1944 T.A. they once again descended upon Gondor in combination with the Haradrim. They met the Gondorian host near Dagorlad, slew King Ondoher and all his heirs and won the battle. After their victory there was nothing that stood between them and Minas Anor, the capital of Gondor. But instead of marching to Minas Anor the Wainriders held a feast to commemorate their victory. While they were feasting their host was suddenly attacked by Gondor's southern army under General Eärnil who had thwarted the attack of the Haradrim. This eventually led to the demise of the Wainriders.
When Gondor lost its royal dynasty in 2050 T.A. the Easterlings started to reorganize themselves and a fierce tribe called the Balchoth became the most important tribe. In 2510 T.A. they invaded Gondor again and cut the main Gondorian army off from Minas Tirith. They pushed the army into the strip of land between the Limlight and the Celebrant. On the moment of their victory the Rohirrim suddenly took the field at Gondor's side. Until the War of the Ring the Easterlings didn't launch any invasion. In the War of the Ring they were amongst the fiercest warriors deployed at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields by Sauron.
Northmen and Rohirrim
Not all the Men who didn't cross the Misty Mountains were tempted by Morgoth or Sauron. The Northmen who dwellt in Greenwood the Great and Dagorlad were friendly to the Dúnedain and were after the Dúnedain the most noble Men on Arda. The were descended from the same group of Men as the Edain. The only difference was that they didn't cross the Misty Mountains into Beleriand and didn't dwell on Númenor. The result of them not participating in the War against Morgoth was their considerably shorter lifespan if compared to the lifespan of the Dúnedain. The were important allies of Gondor and served as buffer against the Easterlings and in the Army of Gondor. Their region was called Rhovanion and the princes of the Northmen warred amongst themselves for supremacy. In the fourteenth century of the Third Age King Rómendacil II of Gondor sent his son Valacar as an ambassador to Vidugavia, the selfstyled "King of Rhovanion". Valacar loved Rhovanion and the daughter of the King, Vidumavi. He married her and she bore him a son whom she called Vinitharya in her mother tongue. In Gondor Vinitharya became known as King Eldacar and caused a civil war, the Kin-strife because of his mixed Dúnadan/Northmen blood. In the following centuries the Northmen were enslaved by the Easterlings.Shortly after the death of Vidugavia a small group of Northmen moved to the vales of the Anduin between the Gladden Fields and the Mirkwood. After the evil Kingdom of Angmar was defeated by Gondor in 1977 T.A. these Northmen moved north and began to call themselves the Éothéod. They were skilled horsebreeders and horsemen. In 2510 T.A. they responded to a plea of help from the trapped Gondorian army at the Field of Celebrant. After they helped Gondor win this important victory they were rewarded the province of Calenardhon and became known as the Rohirrim. More about the Rohirrim can be read in the corresponding article.
Dunlendings and Woses
When Elendil founded the Kingdom of Arnor its borders were quickly extended towards the river Greyflood (Sind:Gwathló). Between Eriador and the Greyflood lies the region of Minhiriath (Sindarin for Land between the Rivers). In this region a group of Men said to descend from the House of Haleth lived, they are known as the Dunlendings. This group apparently didn't move to Númenor like their kin. They lived in the woods and when the Númenoreans started to chop these woods down to build their ships, the Dúnedain of Númenor earned the hostility of the Dunlendings. They moved to the White Mountains or to Eriador. In Eriador they mixed with the Dúnedain and they soon ceased to exist. But in the White Mountains the Dunlendings were driven to the lands between the Greyflood and the Isen by Gondor. This land became known as Dunland. In 2510 T.A. the province of Calenardhon was given to the numerous Rohirrim. The Dunlendings claimed the area between the Isen and the Adorn, an area that was considered Rohirric. During the reign of Helm Hammerhand (2741-2759 T.A.), a Dunlending named Freca claimed the throne of Rohan. Helm killed him with a single blow with his fist, hence the nickname "Hammerhand". War followed and Freca's son Wulf successfully took Edoras in 2758 T.A. but the Rohirrim held out the next winter in the Hornburg until the Dunlendings were defeated by Frealaf, successor of Helm Hammerhand, the next year. The Dunlendings served Saruman in the War of the Ring and participated in the Battle of the Hornburg.Another group of Men were the Woses. They were small and bent compared to other Men. The lived among the House of Haleth in the First Age and were despite their different appearance reckoned amongst Men by the Elves, who called them Drúedain (the exact meaning of this name is unknown, the Sindarin word for Men: Edain is incorporated). After the First Age they were driven to Dunland, and subsequently driven out by the Dunlendings. At the end of the Third Age they lived in the Drúadan forest, small in number but experienced in wood life. They held off Orcs with poisoned arrows and were vital in securing the aid of the Rohirrim in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. King Elessar granted the Drúadan Forest "forever" to them in the Fourth Age.
Notable Men
- Aragorn, son of Arathorn
- Boromir, son of Denethor and elder brother of Faramir
- Éomer, brother of Éowyn and nephew of Théoden
- Isildur, son of Elendil
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MEN | English | Multiple endocrine neoplasia | N/A |
MEN | Italian | Malattia emolitica del neonato | Medicine |
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Synonyms: MenSynonyms: hands (n), manpower (n), work force (n), workforce (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | My men follow orders or people die. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Our society cannot condone men who take the law into their own hands (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) I like men. I like to be manhandled (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman. Based on the novel by Gregory McDonald.) No lieutenant, your men are already dead (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) That is such a shame because I have had it with men. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) | |
Lyrics | Mirages of matchstick men and you (Pictures Of Matchstick Men; performing artist: The Status Quo) But I don't know why they say grown men don't cry (Grown Men Don't Cry; performing artist: Tim McGraw) Grown men keep on cryin get mo' tissue (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez) Baha Men been around the world (Blow Your Mind; performing artist: Baha Men) Then one night some men of higher standing (Rasputin; performing artist: BONEY M) | |
Clever | Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom. (references; author: Mark Twain) Measure men around the heart. (references; author: Old Proverb) Fools look to tomorrow, wise men use tonight. (references; author: unknown) All men are idiots...and I married their king. (references; author: unknown) Don't wait for six strong men to take you to church. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Thick ticks on three trees brought broth to ten thin tin men. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Made Men (1999) All Good Men (1974) Bamboo Gods and Iron Men (1974) Men of the Dragon (1974) Two Men of Karamoja (1974) | |
Song Titles | The Men In My Little Girl's Life (performing artist: Mike Douglas) Pictures of Matchstick Men (performing artist: The Status Quo) Women & Men (performing artist: They Might Be Giants) Grown Men Don't Cry (performing artist: Tim McGraw) Men In Black (performing artist: Will Smith) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shown are two old men in shirt-sleeves sitting on a bench outside and are drinking beer. It appears to be summer. This is meant to show the effects of drinking on people and the aging process. Credit: J. Troha (photographer). |  | Slide shows two men sitting in front of computer that displays molecular modeling. Credit: Bill Branson. |
 | Line graph showing proportion of AIDS cases among men aged 13 years and older who have sex with men, by race/ethnicity and year of diagnosis--United States, 1989-1998. Credit: CDC. |  | Table showing AIDS Cases in Men by Race/Ethnicity per 100,000 Population, Reported in 1996, United States. Credit: CDC. |
 | Machine Shop Men Working at Machines. Credit: NASA. |  | The crow's nest at Station Moclips - 215 feet above the ground Note spikes driven into tree - builders would drive spikes and go hand over hand Triangulation party of H. A. Seran According to Seran: "It took men of uncommon nerve to do this work.". Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | 239-foot tower built on Bugsuk Island in southwest Philippines This tower was built completely from native timber cut on location It took 19 men off the PATHFINDER three weeks to build this signal This was the largest wooden tower ever built by the C&GS Used for both observing and as a signal. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Leo Attungowruk and wife standing, Warren Neokok and wife sitting. The men helped with the survey work. At Point Lay Village. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | "Goldie" - a landing craft - used to transport men and equipment. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Tuna caught with rod and reel and live bait. Man with rod and reel is out of picture to left; men in foreground are helping pull the fish in. Credit: Fisheries. |
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| "Men sign" by Paul Marengo Commentary: "Men's bathroom door." |
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 | A large group of men chanting in unison rhythm and pitch. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | Evils draw men together. |
| Bad men are full of repentance. | |
Benjamin Franklin | Observe all men, thyself most. |
Epicurus | Live like a god among men. |
Homer | Men flourish only for a moment. |
Horace | I teach that all men are mad. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Men are lead by trifles. |
Old Proverb | Measure men around the heart. |
Pindar | Men are the dreams of a shadow. |
Voltaire | Men argue, nature acts. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | And all the will, hatreds, and bitterness that have arisen between us and our men, clergy and lay, from the date of the quarrel, we have completely remitted and pardoned to everyone. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | To constrain men to any thing inconvenient cloth seem unreasonable. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | [The] government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The working men have no country. (reference) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. (The Gettysburg Address) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Seventh.The principle that men and women should receive equal remuneration for work of equal value. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Twice the United States has had to send several millions of its young men across the Atlantic to find the war; but now war can find any nation, wherever it may dwell between dusk and dawn. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge --to convert our good words into good deeds--in a new alliance for progress--to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She had given them neither men, nor names, nor places, that could raise a blush |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | With these words he moved away, and began giving orders to the men, who were preparing to hoist the jib. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | It comes from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed by other ministers, to other kinds of men. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Thus, on taking charge of my department, I found few but aged men. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Make men, make men |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | And for ages men had gazed upward as he was gazing at birds in flight |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious; both are disappointed |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Go, then, and muster men. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Yes, but the bank is only made of men. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | And we often find by experience that young men are too opinionative and volatile to be guided by the sober dictates of their seniors |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Overweight men and women. (references) | |
It affects both men and women. (references) | ||
It appears to affect men more than women. (references) | ||
Business | Men use slightly more time than women. (references) | |
In summer, men change to tropical weight woolens and cottons. (references) | ||
Men wear stylish medium weight wool suits during the winter months. (references) | ||
Children | Equatorial Guinea | Generally women have only one-fifth the educational level of men. (references) |
Burundi | Only 22 percent of women are literate compared to 46 percent of men. (references) | |
Nigeria | The literacy rate for men is 58 percent but only 41 percent for women. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Suriname | In May three men forced a Dutch journalist off the road and beat him. (references) |
Algeria | The code does not restrict Muslim men from marrying non-Muslim women. (references) | |
Iran | Marriages between Muslim women and non-Muslim men are not recognized. (references) | |
Discrimination | Mexico | Gay rights groups claim that the police in Monterrey demonstrated a pattern of abuse of gay men, lesbians and transvestites. (references) |
Chad | In practice cultural traditions maintain women in a status subordinate to men, and the Government favors its ethnic supporters and allies. (references) | |
Indonesia | The Guidelines of State Policy (legal statutes adopted by the MPR) explicitly state that women have the same rights, obligations, and opportunities as men. (references) | |
Economic History | Brunei Darussalam | Men wear the songkok, a traditional Malay cap. (references) |
Tajikistan | Health: Life expectancy--60.95 years men; 67.38 years women. (references) | |
Slovenia | Life expectancy-- 70.27 years for men, 77.76 years for women. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bangladesh | Men and women are detained separately. (references) |
Albania | The men remained in detention at year's end. (references) | |
Mexico | Female prisoners are held separately from men. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | Indigenous men are not subject to the national military draft. (references) |
Nicaragua | The total strength of Yatama armed groups was estimated at 210 men. (references) | |
Guatemala | For this reason, indigenous men constitute a very high percentage of the military's ranks. (references) | |
Minorities | Czech Republic | Both men face 10 years' imprisonment if convicted; the case was pending at year's end. (references) |
Bulgaria | Also in June, a night guard in a vegetable garden shot and killed two Romani men in Mogila, near Yambol. (references) | |
Bulgaria | In March a Roma NGO reported that an unknown group of men vandalized and burned down a Romani house in Sofia. (references) | |
Political Economy | Panama | PNP officers are suspected in the deaths of two men. (references) |
Kuwait | Men must obtain government approval to marry foreign-born women. (references) | |
Sudan | It is much easier for men to initiate legal divorce proceedings than for women. (references) | |
Political Rights | Yemen | Voter registration of women is less than half that of men. (references) |
Laos | Men of lowland Lao origin dominate the upper echelons of the Party and the Government. (references) | |
Pakistan | However, on election day far fewer registered women than registered men actually voted. (references) | |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | Dress is conservative for both men and women. (references) |
Mauritius | For men, normal business wear is suit and tie. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | Dress for men is more or less the same throughout the country. (references) | |
Women | Korea | Like men, working-age women must work. (references) |
Comoros | Men have the dominant role in society. (references) | |
Switzerland | Women also are promoted less than men. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Laos | Some young men are also victims. (references) |
Canada | Police arrested three men in the case. (references) | |
Bahrain | However, women generally are paid less than men are. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of. A king, in times long, long gone by, Said to his lazy jester: "If I were you and you were I My moments merrily would fly -- Nor care nor grief to pester." "The reason, Sire, that you would thrive," The fool said -- "if you'll hear it -- Is that of all the fools alive Who own you for their sovereign, I've The most forgiving spirit." Oogum Bem KING'S :EVIL:, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, but has now to be treated by the physicians. Thus 'the most pious Edward" of England used to lay his royal hand upon the ailing subjects and make them whole -- a crowd of wretched souls That stay his cure: their malady convinces The great essay of art; but at his touch, Such sanctity hath Heaven given his hand, They presently amend, as the "Doctor" in Macbeth hath it. This useful property of the royal hand could, it appears, be transmitted along with other crown properties; for according to "Malcolm," 'tis spoken To the succeeding royalty he leaves The healing benediction. But the gift somewhere dropped out of the line of succession: the later sovereigns of England have not been tactual healers, and the disease once honored with the name "king's evil" now bears the humbler one of "scrofula," from scrofa, a sow. The date and author of the following epigram are known only to the author of this dictionary, but it is old enough to show that the jest about Scotland's national disorder is not a thing of yesterday. Ye Kynge his evill in me laye, Wh. he of Scottlande charmed awaye. He layde his hand on mine and sayd: "Be gone!" Ye ill no longer stayd. But O ye wofull plyght in wh. I'm now y-pight: I have ye itche! The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is dead, but like many a departed conviction it has left a monument of custom to keep its memory green. The practice of forming a line and shaking the President's hand had no other origin, and when that great dignitary bestows his healing salutation on strangely visited people, All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye, The mere despair of surgery, he and his patients are handing along an extinguished torch which once was kindled at the altar-fire of a faith long held by all classes of men. It is a beautiful and edifying "survival" -- one which brings the sainted past close home in our "business and bosoms." |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Ann Richards | Women after menopause because of the loss of estrogen. Men get it too, though. And a lot of cases I will be hairline fractures, you'll see people who are sort of bent over stooped. |
Colin Powell | Military men always understand that there will be casualties, and you should never go into a conflict thinking it will be casualty-free or trying to conduct it casualty-free. |
Dennis Miller | Men are just happy when watching Pamela Anderson's VIP doesn't conflict with Battlebots. |
Donald Rumsfeld | It's an amazing job. It is so important to the country and it's so complex. But the great thing about it is you're dealing with such spectacular people, the men and women in uniform. |
Joan Rivers | Two men I have love working with were Don Rickles and David Brenner. They make you laugh and they are gentlemen. |
Joe Esposito | The wedding was great. It really was. I was very honored to be one of the co-best men at his wedding. And we tried to keep it from the press. |
Peter Jennings | This is about catching a moment when just one of the men suggested that if he were a Palestinian living under occupation, he might do what the bomber did. Listen. |
Rush Limbaugh | When the ablest men turn into cowards, the average men turn into brutes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Being small, insulated, and distant, it was not observed at the moment of redelivery to France and the United States that she continued a guard of half a dozen men which had been stationed there. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | That is the only way we can get the men and bring back our veterans. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | So long as fanaticism and fear brood over the affairs of men, we must arm to deter others from aggression. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Yet, it is not merely our concern but the concern of all free men. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Oh, the immediate reaction would be a sense of relief that our men were coming home. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | You are men who in your 'lives fought for life. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Great nations like great men must keep their word. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | As we encourage long-term growth, we will not forget the men and women who are struggling today. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Men" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 98.54% of the time. "Men" is used about 38,851 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 98.54% | 38,283 | 215 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.38% | 537 | 11,465 |
| Noun (common) | 0.03% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.03% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 38,851 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "men" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Men | Last name | 130 | 61,903 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "men". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Aleksander | N/A | Albanian | One who assists men |
| Alexandra | N/A | Ancient Greek | One who assists men |
| Alexandros | N/A | Ancient Greek | One who assists men |
| Alexander | N/A | Biblical | One who assists men |
| Avim | N/A | Biblical | Wicked or perverse men |
| Chozeba | N/A | Biblical | Men liers in wait |
| Gadarenes | N/A | Biblical | Men of Gadara |
| Garmites | N/A | Biblical | Men of Garmi |
| Gittites | N/A | Biblical | Men of Gath |
| Helkath-hazzurim | N/A | Biblical | The field of strong men |
| Horonites | N/A | Biblical | Men of anger |
| Iim | N/A | Biblical | Of angry men |
| Shebam | N/A | Biblical | Old men |
| Aleksandar | N/A | Bulgarian | One who assists men |
| Aleksandra | N/A | Bulgarian | One who assists men |
| Aleksander | N/A | Croatian | One who assists men |
| Alexandr | N/A | Czech | One who assists men |
| Alexandra | N/A | Czech | One who assists men |
| Alexandra | N/A | Dutch | One who assists men |
| Xander | N/A | Dutch | One who assists men |
| Alec | N/A | English | One who assists men |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "men": a man among men ♦ all men ♦ be sandwiched between two fat men ♦ before god and men ♦ busy hum of men ♦ do unto others as we would men should do unto us ♦ eldery men ♦ enlisted men ♦ fancy men ♦ Fifth monarchy men ♦ fishers of men ♦ holy Men of old ♦ Hoppo men ♦ hostel for single men ♦ judge of men ♦ mail men ♦ many men many minds ♦ men and women ♦ men in buckram ♦ men of all ranks ♦ men of Boeotia ♦ men of merit ♦ men of our times ♦ men of weight ♦ men of worth ♦ men say that ♦ merry men ♦ most men ♦ poor men ♦ sandwich men ♦ select men ♦ station the officers and men ♦ sump men ♦ supply of men ♦ the three wise men ♦ Tien an men ♦ try to be all things to all men ♦ twelve men in a box ♦ Wise Men ♦ wise men of Gotham. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "men": MEN-10755, men-about-chelsea, men-about-town, men-and, Men-an-tol, men-are, men-at-arms, men-centered, men-dominated, men-folk, men-friends, men-haters, men-hungry, men-midwives, Men-of-war, men-only, men-on-the-spot, Men-o-war, Men-pleaser, men-po, men-shaped. | |
Ending with "men": con-men, fellow-men, fighting-men, G-men, half-men, hit-men, law-men, middle-men, money-men, not-men, working-men, yes-men. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
men.com x | 370 |
ask men.com | 113 |
men.net uncanny x | 13 |
jens men.com | 2 |
ganja men.net | 2 |
abused battered men.com timid | 2 |
equip men.com | 2 |
gay men.com naked old wrinkled | 2 |
men.gov.ma mvt | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "men"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | burrë (chap, fellow, husband, Jack, lad, Lord, male, man, mate, Mister, my better half). (various references) | |
Arabic | الرجال (mankind). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | служещи, редници, работници (people, work-people), хора (folks, mortality, people), войници (soldiery), моряци (seafolk). (various references) | |
Chinese | 男人 (a male, a man), 人 (Guy, Guys, human, humans, man, Person, persons, Ren). (various references) | |
Czech | muži (mankind). (various references) | |
Danish | Vismandsudvalg (committee of wise men), til person- og materialetransport bruges i brydningsrummenes tilkoerselsgallerier saavel monorail som vogne der ikke saa let loeber af sporet, de saakalde Strecken-kulis (for conveying men and materials in gate-roads, termed coolie cars, to use monorails and rail vehicles). (various references) | |
Dutch | mannen. (various references) | |
Farsi | مردها, جنس ذکور. (various references) | |
Finnish | miesväki (menfolk), miehistö (crew), väki (folks, people). (various references) | |
French | hommes. (various references) | |
German | Männer (males, manhood, menfolk). (various references) | |
Greek | άνδρεσ, άνδρες, αόρ. του men. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתים (people), אנשים (folk, people). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sorállomány, sakkfigura (chessman, man), legénységi állomány (rank and file, ranks), legénység (company, crew, crew of the lower deck, rank and file, ranks, team), játékos (gambler, ludicrous, man, player, playful, pone, scrub, sportful, sportive, wanton), hajó (argosy, boat, burden of a ship, composite ship, craft, dingy, keel, man, pram, prow, ship, ship not under command, stem, surface ship, vessel, water house), hűbéres (liege, man, sergeant, sworn man, tributary), férj (benedick, benedict, hubby, husband, man, marrow, old man), férfiak (gents, manhood, menfolk), férfi (bimbo, fella, feller, fellow, gent, gentleman, gentlemen, he, jock, leading man, man, pansy boy, praetorian, skin), ember (bleeder, body, bully, chuff, coveter, crackajack, crackerjack, croaker, disturber, dread, galoot, gimp, gobbler, grampus, great card, human, human being, husky, Jack, john blunt, lush, man, maroon, milksop, mortal, namby-pamby, number, one, parvenu, person, pig, pushover, recluse, ribald, roisterer, scuz, scuzz, sleaze, smarty, snapper, soul, spindle, square-shooter, squealer, to play a good knife and fork, walla). (various references) | |
Icelandic | manna. (various references) | |
Irish | fir. (various references) | |
Italian | uomini (males, twerps). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 殿方 (gentlemen). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おとこしゅう (male attendants to an actor, manservant), ひとびと (each person, everybody, human, people), にんにん (each person, everybody, human, people), とのがた (gentlemen). (various references) | |
Korean | � � � � � � � (� � � 남자, 남자 (male, male-, man, men's). (various references) | |
Manx | fir, deiney (human; molest, molestation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | enmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | senhores (you), homens. (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | senhores. (various references) | |
Romanian | oameni (folk, gentry, people, public). (various references) | |
Russian | мужчина мужской, мн. ч. от man, люди (folk, folks, human beings, people). (various references) | |
Scottish | daoine. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | muškarci, ljudi (capitation, folk, people). (various references) | |
Spanish | nación (folk, nation, people), los hombres (the people), hombres (menfolk). (various references) | |
Swedish | manskap (crew, rank and file, ratings, troop). (various references) | |
Thai | คำนามพหูพจน์ของ man. (various references) | |
Turkish | işçiler (shop floor, workers, workpeople), erler (privates, rank and file), erkekler (mankind, menfolk, sons), adamlar. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwerin (crew, democracy, people). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | lu. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ciba, cibabis, cibabit, cibabo, cibabunt, cibasti, cibavit, cibo, circumdate, circumdati, circumdatis, circumdato, circumdatus, conpluribus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | nerebyô. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 12, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Epiqumiai asebwn kakai ai de rizai twn eusebwn en ocurwmasin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Desiderium impii munimentum est pessimorum radix autem iustorum proficiet |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The desir of the vnpitous is the myndeful place of werst thingis; the roote forsothe of riytwis men shal profiten. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 12, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang dautan nagatinguha sa pukot sa dautan nga mga tawo; Apan ang gamut sa matarung magahatag ug bunga. |
| Croatian | Èežnja je opakoga mreža od zala, a korijen pravednika daje ploda. |
| Danish | De ondes Fæstning jævnes med Jorden, de retfærdiges Rod bolder Stand. |
| Dutch | De goddeloze begeert het net der bozen; maar de wortel der rechtvaardigen zal uitgeven. |
| Finnish | Jumalaton himoitsee pahojen saalista, mutta vanhurskasten juuri on antoisa. |
| French | Le méchant convoite ce que prennent les méchants, Mais la racine des justes donne du fruit. |
| German | Des Gottlosen Lust ist, Schaden zu tun; aber die Wurzel der Gerechten wird Frucht bringen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang jahat ingin mendapat keuntungan dari orang durhaka; orang baik bagaikan pohon yang berbuah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa orang jahat itu menuju jaring orang jahat, tetapi akar orang yang benar makin lama makin banyak buahnya. |
| Italian | Le brame dell'empio sono una rete di mali, la radice dei giusti produce frutti. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko ta te tangata kino e minamina ai ko te kupenga a te hunga kino; e whai hua ana ia te pakiaka o te hunga tika. |
| Norwegian | Den ugudelige attrår det som er en snare for de onde; men de rettferdige gir Gud fast rot. |
| Rumanian | Cel rqu poftewte prada celor nelegiuiyi, dar rqdqcina celor neprihqniyi rodewte. - |
| Russian | оЕЮЕУФЙЧЩК ЦЕМБЕФ ХМПЧЙФШ Ч УЕФШ ЪМБ; ОП ЛПТЕОШ РТБЧЕДОЩИ ФЧЕТД. |
| Spanish | El impío codicia la fortaleza de los malos, pero la raíz de los justos es estable. |
| Swedish | Den ogudaktige vill in i det nät som fångar de onda, men de rättfärdigas rot skjuter skott. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "men": menace, menaced, menacer, menacers, menaces, menacing, menacingly, menad, menadione, menadiones, menads, menage, menagerie, menageries, menages, menarche, menarcheal, menarches, menazon, menazons, mend, mendable, mendacious, mendaciously, mendaciousness, mendaciousnesses, mendacities, mendacity, mended, mendelevium, mendeleviums, mender, menders, mendicancies, mendicancy, mendicant, mendicants, mendicities, mendicity, mendigo, mendigos, mending, mendings, mends, menfolk, menfolks, menhaden, menhadens, menhir, menhirs, menial. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "men": abdomen, acumen, admen, agnomen, agribusinessmen, aidmen, airmen, airwomen, albumen, aldermen, alderwomen, almsmen, amen, anchormen, anchorwomen, artillerymen, ashmen, assemblymen, assemblywomen, attackmen, automen, axemen, axmen, backcourtmen, backwoodsmen, badmen, bagmen, bailsmen, bandsmen, bargemen, barmen, basemen, batmen, batsmen, baymen, beadmen, beadsmen, bedemen, bedesmen, bellmen, birdmen, bitumen, bluesmen, boardmen, boatmen, boatsmen, bogeymen, bogymen, bondmen, bondsmen, bondwomen. (additional references) | |
Words containing "men": abandonment, abandonments, abasement, abasements, abashment, abashments, abatement, abatements, abdomens, abetment, abetments, abolishment, abolishments, abridgement, abridgements, abridgment, abridgments, abutment, abutments, accompaniment, accompaniments, accomplishment, accomplishments, accouchement, accouchements, accouterment, accouterments, accoutrement, accoutrements, accruement, accruements, achievement, achievements, acknowledgement, acknowledgements, acknowledgment, acknowledgments, acquirement, acquirements, acumens, adjournment, adjournments, adjustment, adjustmental, adjustments, admeasurement, admeasurements, admonishment, admonishments, adornment, adornments. (additional references) | |
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"Men" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emg, emin, emk, emn, emni, emon, Emyn, enn, hmen, imen, maen, mafn, mahn, Mamn, mann, manq, manv, mavn, mbe, Mbeni, Mbep, meb, mec, mee, meem, meen, meena, meeny, meeq, mef, meh, mehn, mein, mej, mek, meln, melna, m'en, Mencl, mene, menf, meng, menh, meni, menj, menk, Menn, Menni, menny, Meno, meny, menz, meo, meon, mep, mer, mern, mesn, metn, meu, Meung, mewn, mex, Mey, mez, mge, mhe, mij, mijn, minn, miq, mne, mnea, mnei, mnet, mng, moen, Monn, muj, munn, mxe, myen, myn, neen, nem, nen, neny, nne, smen, uen, xen, zenn. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "men" (pronounced me"n) |
| 3 | m e" n | amen, handymen, lawmen, oilmen, patrolmen, pitchmen. |
| 2 | -e" n | again, Ben, Benne, bren, cayenne, comedienne, den, en, Glen, hen, Ken, Madeleine, pen, Sen, ten, then, Wen, when, Wren, yen. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-m-n" | |
-1 letter: em, en, me, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-m-n" | |
+1 letter: amen, mane, mean, mend, meno, menu, mien, mine, name, neem, nema, neum, nome, omen. | |
+2 letters: admen, amend, amens, ament, amine, anime, axmen, demon, denim, emend, enema, enemy, enorm, enzym, genom, gnome, hemin, hymen, imine, leman, lemon, limen, lumen, maned, manes, mange, manse, maven, means, meant, meany, meiny, melon, menad, mends, mensa, mense, menta, menus, mesne, meson, miens, minae, mince, mined, miner, mines, minke, mizen, monde, money, monie, monte, named, namer, names, neems, nemas, neume, neums, nomen, nomes, numen, omens, ramen, reman, rumen, semen, unmet, unmew, venom, vimen, women, yamen. | |
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