Definitions for manned

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Spelling: [mand]

IPA: /mænd/

Manned is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in manned (ademnn).

Definitions for manned

noun

1. an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
2. a member of the species Homo sapiens or all the members of this species collectively, without regard to sex:
3. the human individual as representing the species, without reference to sex; the human race; humankind:
4. a human being; person:
5. a husband.
6. a male lover or sweetheart.
7. a male follower or subordinate:
8. a male employee or representative, especially of a company or agency:
9. a male having qualities considered typical of men or appropriately masculine:
10. a male servant.
11. a valet.
12. enlisted man.
13. an enthusiast or devotee:
14. Slang. male friend; ally:
15. a term of familiar address to a man; fellow:
16. Slang. a term of familiar address to a man or a woman:
17. one of the pieces used in playing certain games, as chess or checkers.
18. History/Historical. a liegeman; vassal.
19. Obsolete. manly character or courage.
20. the man, Slang. a person or group asserting authority or power over another, especially in a manner experienced as being oppressive, demeaning, or threatening, as an employer, the police, or a dominating racial group. a person or group upon whom one is dependent, as the drug supplier for an addict. Also, the Man.

Idioms

1. as one man, in complete agreement or accord; unanimously:
2. be one's own man, to be free from restrictions, control, or dictatorial influence; be independent: to be in complete command of one's faculties:
3. man and boy, ever since childhood:
4. man's man, a man who exemplifies masculine qualities.
5. to a man, with no exception; everyone; all:

adjective

1. carrying or operated by one or more persons:

Verb phrases

1. man up, Informal. to act in a typically masculine way, as in taking responsibility or making tough decisions:

interjection

1. Slang. an expression of surprise, enthusiasm, dismay, or other strong feeling:

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with men, as for service or defense.
2. to take one's place for service, as at a gun or post:
3. to strengthen, fortify, or brace; steel:
4. Falconry. to accustom (a hawk) to the presence of men.

Origin of manned

First recorded in 1610-20; man¹ + -ed²

Examples for manned

In front of the City Hall building hundreds of tires have been piled up to form a barricade that is manned by yet more masked men.

The galatea must go on manned by her own people, and the old Indian, who was to act as pilot.

Besides, the works were not manned; cannon, ammunition, men were wanting.

manned, unmanned, a balloon, a kite—you still have to get the information into the hands of the firefighters.

That thought has manned me and upheld me when anguish was near to slaying me outright.

The National Research Council reports that NASA has functionally thrown in the towel on a manned mission to Mars.

In the Horn of Africa, the U.S. military has long eschewed the use of drones in favor of manned aircraft for operational reasons.

Those flights are being carried out by drones and manned fighters, U.S. Navy and Air Force aircraft alike.

They are here from all over the world, these ships, they are manned by men of all nations.

One must be of Coqueville to recognize at that distance the "Baleine" and those who manned her.