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Andrew Carnegie

Meaning of "second man" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SECOND MAN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SECOND MAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Second man is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SECOND MAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of second man in the English dictionary

The definition of second man in the dictionary is a person who assists the driver in crewing a locomotive.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SECOND MAN

second floor
second form
second gear
second generation
second growth
second hand
second home
second house
Second International
second language
second lieutenant
second mate
second mortgage
second name
second nature
second officer
second opinion
second person
second reading

WORDS THAT END LIKE SECOND MAN

as one man
best man
dirty old man
enlisted man
family man
gingerbread man
God man
grand old man
iron man
little man
make-up man
old man
red man
returned man
right-hand man
the outward man
third man
to a man
wild man
young man

Synonyms and antonyms of second man in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «second man» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SECOND MAN

Find out the translation of second man to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of second man from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «second man» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

第二个男人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

segundo hombre
570 millions of speakers

English

second man
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूसरा आदमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرجل الثاني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Второй человек
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

segundo homem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বিতীয় ব্যক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

deuxième homme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelaki kedua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zweite Mann
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

第二の男
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

두번째 남자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong kapindho
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đàn ông thứ hai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரண்டாவது மனிதன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुसरा मनुष्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ikinci adam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

secondo uomo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drugi mężczyzna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Друга людина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

al doilea om
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεύτερος άνθρωπος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tweede man
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

andra mannen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

andre mannen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of second man

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SECOND MAN»

The term «second man» is regularly used and occupies the 92.318 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about second man

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2 QUOTES WITH «SECOND MAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word second man.
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Andrew Carnegie
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
2
Tenzing Norgay
If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECOND MAN»

Discover the use of second man in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to second man and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Second Man: The Lord from Heaven
Paul Thomas. title which makes it quite difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain the sense in which the Lord designated Himself as the Son of man. Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should ...
Paul Thomas
2
The Second Man
Christian Michael Steward knows idols well.
Joel Scott Woods, 2005
3
Generation
SECOND MAN. (Points to the weed) That doogadget there, sticking up out of the ground. FIRST MAN. It's a flower. No wait a minute, I guess it's just an old weed. SECOND MAN. What do they do? They aren't there just to stick up out of the ...
‎1966
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Fibonacci's Liber Abaci: A Translation Into Modern English ...
And because ^ the first man's denari with 13 denari are as many as the second man's denari, then 4 of ^, namely 4, the first man's denari with third of 13 denari. namely ^4, are as many as third the second man's denari. And the ^9 denari are ...
Leonardo Fibonacci, Laurence Sigler, 2003
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Notes, explanatory and practical, on the second Epistle of ...
that was not first [ earth, earthy : the second man as is l the heavenly, such are they 50 Now. 46 Howbeit which is spiritual, but that which is natural ; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The ] first man »« of the > JobnUL 13,31. his human ...
Albert Barnes, Samuel Green, 1851
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Free Will (Second Edition):
For example, if what we say he did was really something that was brought about by a second man, one who forced his hand upon the trigger, say, or who, by means of hypnosis, compelled him to perform the act, then since the act was caused ...
Derk Pereboom, 2009
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Enjoying the Riches of Christ for the Building Up of the ...
The Second Man The first man was a failure, but Christ came as the second man. These two terms, the first man and the second man, are both mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15:45 and 47. The first man failed, but the second man fully succeeded, ...
Witness Lee, 2000
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The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution
If you wish to use the method in this prob— lem, then you put it that the second man has the thing and the 7 denari which the first man takes, and you understand that the thing is unknown, and you wish to find it, and because the first man, ...
Keith Devlin, 2011
9
Trok: Caveman - Starman
Trok didn't wait to see if he had hit his target he grabbed the second arrow from the earth and with slow deliberation of aim he shot it at the second Man-Eater. Taken by surprise and seeing his clan member falling to the ground, the second ...
Ml Eslick, 2007
10
Created in God's Image
Note that Paul here contrasts two men: one through whom death came into the world, and another through whom the resurrection has come; verse 22 specifies that the first man was Adam and that the second man was Christ. Here Adam and  ...
Anthony A. Hoekema, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SECOND MAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term second man is used in the context of the following news items.
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Second man charged in 2009 Raleigh homicide
Raleigh, N.C. — Two days after recharging a 49-year-old Durham man in connection with a 2009 homicide, Raleigh police on Thursday announced that a ... «WRAL.com, Jun 15»
2
Second man arrested after Adelaide siege, shoot out
South Australian police have arrested a man, while a second remains in hospital with gunshot wounds, after a stand-off with tactical police in the Adelaide CBD ... «9news.com.au, Jun 15»
3
United States Coast Guard finds body second man in San Francisco …
The U.S. Coast Guard found the body of a second man Tuesday who went ... "He was the type of guy that I'd show up here early in the morning and he'd be ... «abc7news.com, Feb 15»
4
Second man walks free after humiliation of Canadian teen Rehtaeh …
A woman holds a photo of Rehtaeh Parsons as several hundred people attend a community vigil to remember the teenager in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in April 2013 ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
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Second man arrested on suspicion of murder following Sheffield …
Detectives investigating the assault and robbery of Stephen Starkey in Sheffield on Christmas Day have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of murder. «The Star, Jan 15»
6
Second man pleads guilty in prominent child-pornography case
A second young man accused in a prominent child pornography case in Halifax ... The man, who cannot be identified because he was a minor at the time of the ... «The Globe and Mail, Nov 14»
7
Police search for second man in death of 60-year-old
Toronto Police are searching for a second man in connection with a fight last ... Police say Gonffa Krow, 20, is wanted for second-degree murder of Richard ... «Toronto Star, Sep 14»
8
Second man charged over Wimbledon burglary attack
A second man has appeared in court charged with badly beating a ... door of his Kings Road home in Wimbledon to a group of masked men on Monday night. «BBC News, Aug 14»
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Hilary Mantel wins second Man Booker Prize
Hilary Mantel won her second Man Booker Prize for “Bring Up the Bodies,” the second novel of a planned trilogy about Thomas Cromwell, a minister to King ... «Salon, Oct 12»
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Report: Second Man Found Dead Near V Festival in England
A second man has reportedly been found dead near the site of the V Festival in Chelmsford, England, according to NME. A 39 year-old was found yesterday in ... «RollingStone.com, Aug 12»

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