| 1. a human being, whether male or female
1) generically, to include all human individuals 2) to distinguish man from beings of a different race or order 1b1. of animals and plants 1b2. of from God and Christ 1b3. of the angels 3) with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin 4) with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity 5) with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul 6) with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God 7) with reference to sex, a male 2. indefinitely, someone, a man, one 3. in the plural, people 4. joined with other words, merchantman |