# men

Pronunciation: say "MEN" /mɛn/

## Noun

1. Plural of man: adult male humans, or males in a group such as workers, soldiers, or players. — plural of man
   - Simple: Plural of man: more than one grown-up male person.
   - _The men in the workshop repaired the old engine together._
   - _Three men carried the heavy table up the narrow staircase._
2. Enlisted personnel in the armed forces, ranking below commissioned officers.
   - Simple: Soldiers and sailors who rank below the officers, such as privates and sergeants.
   - _The sergeant assembled the men for inspection at first light._
   - _The officers had their own mess tent, while the men lined up in the rain for their supper._

## Noun

3. Humanity considered as a whole; all the people of the world taken together. *(dated)*
   - Simple: An old-fashioned way of saying all people together, the whole human race.
   - _The gods watched over the affairs of men from their distant halls._
   - _In those early ages, men spread across the wide lands and built great cities._

## Origin

Proto-Germanic *manniz, the nominative plural of *mann- ("person"), became Old English "menn" ("people") and then Middle English "men". German "Männer", Danish "mænd" and Swedish "män", all meaning "men", are related.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/men (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).