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Webster 1913 Edition

(mĕn)

Noun.

pl.

ron.

[OE.

men

. “Not the plural of

man

, but a weakened form of the word

man

itself.”

Skeat

A man; one; – used with a verb in the singular, and corresponding to the present indefinite one or they.

[Obs.]

Piers Plowman.

Men

moot give silver to the poure friars.

Chaucer.

A privy thief,

men

clepeth death.

Chaucer.

plu.

of man. Two or more males, individuals of the human race.

Males of bravery. We will live in honor, or die like men.

Persons; people; mankind; in an indefinite sense. Men are apt to forget the benefactor, while they riot on the benefit.