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men

 (mĕn)
n.
Plural of man.
Usage Note: When man and men are used in compounds, such as fireman, firemen, salesman, and salesmen, both -man and -men are usually pronounced (mən).
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men

(mɛn)
n
the plural of man
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men

(mɛn)

n.
pl. of man.

men-

var. of meno- before a vowel: menarche.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.men - the force of workers availablemen - the force of workers available  
personnel, force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
full complement, complement - number needed to make up a whole force; "a full complement of workers"
shift - a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
work party, crew, gang - an organized group of workmen
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Translations
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men

pl de man
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References in classic literature ?
Crouched around him, on their hams, were three young men, his grandsons, Deer-Runner, Yellow-Head, and Afraid-of-the-Dark.
Through him mortal men are famed or un-famed, sung or unsung alike, as great Zeus wills.
It was five or six months after this before they heard any more of the savages, in which time our men were in hopes they had either forgot their former bad luck, or given over hopes of better; when, on a sudden, they were invaded with a most formidable fleet of no less than eight-and-twenty canoes, full of savages, armed with bows and arrows, great clubs, wooden swords, and such like engines of war; and they brought such numbers with them, that, in short, it put all our people into the utmost consternation.
On this the men fell to talking among themselves, and said I was bringing back gold and silver in the sack that Aeolus had given me.
I shall tell you about the world of men. Do not be stupid like all your people, who think me foolish and a witch with the evil eye.
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I shall seek out forty steady, firm men, recruited among people a little compromised, but having habits of discipline.
He hated the chain that bound him, the men who peered in at him through the slats of the pen, the dogs that accompanied the men and that snarled malignantly at him in his helplessness.
Belike Robin Hood's men will be tempted to twang the bow, and then--"
When I came unto men for the first time, then did I commit the anchorite folly, the great folly: I appeared on the market-place.
I TAKE goodness in this sense, the affecting of the weal of men, which is that the Grecians call philanthropia; and the word humanity (as it is used) is a little too light to express it.
Crowds of men of various arms, wounded and unwounded, with frightened faces, dragged themselves back to Mozhaysk from the one army and back to Valuevo from the other.