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I'm such a Goody Two-shoes, but I get a vicarious thrill at someone sticking it to the Man.
Heather Langenkamp

Meaning of "the Man" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE MAN

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WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

The Man

"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise. It was also used as a term for a drug dealer. The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either passively, openly or via sabotage.

Definition of the Man in the English dictionary

The definition of the Man in the dictionary is a White man or White men collectively, esp when in authority, in the police, or held in contempt. Other definition of the Man is a drug peddler.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE MAN

the Mabinogion
the madam
the Mafia
the main chance
the mainland
the majors
the mallee
the Mansion House
the many
the Maple Leaf
the Marches
the Maritime Provinces
the mark
the market
the Marseillaise
the masses
the master
the matter
the Mayflower
the Mearns

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE MAN

Afghanistan
African
Akan
Alan
American
an
as one man
Asian
Australian
Balikpapan
ban
batman
began
Isle of Man
Mondeo Man
New Man
Son of Man
the New Man
to a man
White Van Man

Synonyms and antonyms of the Man in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the Man» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE MAN

Find out the translation of the Man to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the 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 «the Man» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

男人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el hombre
570 millions of speakers

English

the Man
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मैन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرجل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мужчина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o homem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানুষটি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´homme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelaki itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

der Mann
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

wong lanang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Man
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாயகன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माणूस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

adam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

l´uomo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mężczyzna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чоловік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Omul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ο άνθρωπος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die Man
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mannen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mannen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the Man

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE MAN»

The term «the Man» is very widely used and occupies the 5.296 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of the Man
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «the Man».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE MAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the Man» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the Man» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the Man

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9 QUOTES WITH «THE MAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the Man.
1
Rachel Joyce
I am not expecting anyone to feel sorry for me, but when friends ask how it feels to be a debut novelist who has also been long listed for the Man Booker prize, I have to admit that my response has confused me. I am so overwhelmed, so delighted, so honoured and so surprised, I have come out in a violent cold.
2
Thomas Starr King
The Man Without a Country, was an orator no one could silence and no one could answer.
3
Heather Langenkamp
I'm such a Goody Two-shoes, but I get a vicarious thrill at someone sticking it to the Man.
4
Caitlin Moran
Flyaway, problem hair is the enemy of feminism, and was probably invented by the Man to crush Susan Sontag.
5
Dikembe Mutombo
There are people out there dying every day, so when you wake up, you just have to thank the Man Upstairs for another day on this planet. There's not much else we can ask for.
6
Wayne Newton
I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
7
Albert Pujols
God is the Man, and there's another Man, Stan 'The Man' Musial in St. Louis.
8
Nate Ruess
Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
9
Shepard Smith
Working for the Man seemed really good to me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE MAN»

Discover the use of the Man in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the Man and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic
These are case studies of people who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people or common objects; whose limbs have become alien; who are afflicted and yet are gifted ...
Oliver Sacks, 2011
2
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a small-minded, low-level KGB operative came to control the world's largest country and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress, making Russia once more a threat to ...
Masha Gessen, 2012
3
The Man Who Quit Money
A Walden for the 21st century, the true story of a man who has radically reinvented "the good life" In 2000, Daniel Suelo left his life savings—all thirty dollars of it—in a phone booth.
Mark Sundeen, 2012
4
Ric Flair: To Be the Man
Ric Flair: To Be the Man, cowritten with Keith Elliot Greenberg, chronicles the anguish and exhilaration of Flair's life and career—in painfully honest detail.
Ric Flair, Mark Madden, 2010
5
The Man Who Stayed Behind
The Man Who Stayed Behind is the remarkable story of Sidney Rittenberg, an American student activist and labour organiser who joined the military, became fluent in Chinese, was sent to China by the U.S. military in the 1940s, became caught ...
Sidney Rittenberg, Amanda Bennett, 2001
6
The Man Who Was Thursday
It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author of the Father Brown stories should tell a detective story like no-one else.
G. K. Chesterton, 2009
7
Holding the Man: Popular Penguins
This is a book as refreshing and uplifting as it is moving; a funny and sad and celebratory account of growing up gay.
Timothy Conigrave, 2009
8
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Please visit www.ArcManor.com for more books by this and other great authors.
G. K. Chesterton, 2008
9
The Man with the Golden Arm
" A literary tour de force, here is a novel unlike any other, one in which drug addiction, poverty, and human failure somehow suggest a defense of human dignity and a reason for hope.
Nelson Algren, 2011
10
The Man in the High Castle
This harrowing, Hugo Award-winning novel is the work that established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction while breaking the barrier between science fiction and the serious novel of ideas.
Philip K. Dick, 2012

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE MAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the Man is used in the context of the following news items.
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St. Louis police fatally shoot man who brandished knife
St. Louis Alderman Dionne Flowers, who owns a nearby beauty shop, witnessed the encounter and told officers the man was acting erratically and had a knife. «STLtoday.com, Aug 14»

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