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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{suf|en|man|ling|id2=diminutive}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmænlɪŋ/}}
* {{rhymes|en|ænlɪŋ|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A little man; a [[man#Noun|man]] of [[short#Adjective|short]] [[stature]].
#: {{synonyms|en|mankin}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1641|author=w:Ben Jonson|title=Timber, or Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter|url=http://archive.org/stream/cu31924013131028#page/n165/mode/2up
|passage=Again, a man so gracious and in high favour with the Emperor, as Augustus often called him his witty '''manling''' (for the littleness of his stature), and, if we may trust antiquity, had designed him for a secretary of estate, and invited him to the palace, which he modestly prayed off and refused.}}
# {{lb|en|literary}} A [[young#Adjective|young]] man; a [[boy]].
#: {{synonyms|en|Thesaurus:boy}}
#* {{RQ:Kipling Jungle Book|chapter=Kaa's Hunting|page=59|passage='Hah!' said Kaa with a chuckle, 'he has friends everywhere, this '''manling'''. Stand back, '''manling'''; and hide you, O Poison-People. I break down the wall.'}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1965|author=w:Frank Herbert|title=Dune|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=B1hSG45JCX4C&pg=PA68|page=68|publisher=Berkley|year_published=2005|isbn=9780441013593
|passage="Before I do your bidding, '''manling'''," Mapes said, "I must cleanse the way between us. [...]}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|manlet}}

{{C|en|Male people}}