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mans

MANZ/mænz/

4 meanings of mans

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  1. 1
    verb
    The form of man used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

    He mans the front desk every morning before the store opens.

    She mans the phones whenever the office gets busy.

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  2. 2
    noundialectalMulticultural London English
    Plural of man in London street slang. In standard English, the plural is men.
    Down the Ice Arena we met up with bare mans then Dot came with us and we bopped to the Orchard.
    2014, Robb Peters, D.A. Diary
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  3. 3
    nounslangcountable
    A casual slang word for a man or guy.

    That mans at the shop helped me carry the bags to my car.

    Is your mans coming to the party tonight, or is he still at work?

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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    nounobsoletegenitive
    Old possessive form of man. Today we write it as man's.
    And symony they called this, to take and inioy any spirituall liuing at a secular mans hand.
    1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous DayesHere, mans means man's, belonging to a man.
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mans is a form of man

man, verb: To be the person who works at or runs something, or to give a place enough workers. Full entry

Forms
manmans he/she/itmanning -ing formmanned past tense, past participle
Spelling
man → mans: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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Origins

Meaning 1

From the word "man" plus "-s", which marks the third-person singular of a verb.

Meaning 2

From the word "man" plus "-s", the plural suffix.

Meaning 4

From the word "man" plus "-s", the genitive (possessive) suffix.

Meaning 3

From the word "man" plus "-s", used to make an affectionate or pet form.