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How to sign: an adult male person (as opposed to a woman)
"there were two women and six men on the bus";
Similiar / Same: adult male
Categories: male, male person
Within this category: Abel, Adam, adonis, babu, bachelor, bey, Black man, boy, boyfriend, bull, Cain, dandy, Don, ejaculator, Esquire, eunuch, ex-husband, exboyfriend, father-figure, father figure, fellow, galoot, geezer, gentleman, grass widower, guy, Ham, Herr, Hooray Henry, housefather, hunk, inamorato, ironside, iron man, Japheth, junior, middle-aged man, mister, Monsieur, old boy, old man, patriarch, Peter Pan, posseman, Senhor, Senor, Seth, shaver, Shem, signor, signore, sir, stiff, stud, Tarzan, white man, widower, womanizer, wonder boy, yellow man
How to sign: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
"Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man";
Similiar / Same: valet, valet de chambre, gentleman's gentleman, gentleman
Categories: body servant, manservant
How to sign: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
"two men stood sentry duty";
Similiar / Same: serviceman, military man, military personnel
Categories: skilled worker, trained worker
Within this category: air force officer, artilleryman, bluejacket, commando, draftee, enlisted person, Marine, military officer, noncombatant, occupier, striper, veteran, veteran, volunteer
How to sign: all of the inhabitants of the earth
"all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women";
Similiar / Same: world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind