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Webster 1913 Edition
Men
Men
,p
ron.
[OE.
me
, 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Men
MEN
,plu.
1.
Males of bravery. We will live in honor, or die like men.2.
Persons; people; mankind; in an indefinite sense. Men are apt to forget the benefactor, while they riot on the benefit.