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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: gentleman, 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: 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
How to sign: take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
"Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning";
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: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
Similiar / Same: human being, homo, human
Categories: hominid
Within this category: Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens, Homo soloensis, Neandertal man, Rhodesian man
