In English, lower case man (pl. men) refers to an adult human male (the term boy is the usual term for a human male child or adolescent). Although men typically have a male reproductive system, some intersex people with ambiguous genitals, and biologically female transgender people, may also be classified or self-identify as a "man".
The term manhood is used to refer to masculinity, the various qualities and characteristics attributed to men such as strength and male sexuality.
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Famous quotes containing the word man:
“What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what there is to love in man is that he is a going-over and a going-under.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“This was a good enough dinner, to be sure; but it was not a dinner to ask a man to.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“I’m a man ... I’m Amanda.”
—Blake Edwards (b. 1922)