Man

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.

Read more about Man:  Etymology, Age and Terminology, Biology and Gender, Masculinity, Culture and Gender Roles

Famous quotes containing the word man:

    License my roving hands, and let them go
    Before, behind, between, above, below.
    O my America! my new-found-land,
    My kingdom, safeliest when with one man manned,
    My mine of precious stones, my empery,
    How blest am I in this discovering thee!
    To enter in these bonds is to be free;
    Then where my hand is set, my seal shall be.
    John Donne (1572–1631)

    Can no man tell me of my unthrifty son?
    ‘Tis full three months since I did see him last.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Like man and wife who nightly keep
    Inconsequent debate in sleep
    As they dream side by side.
    Robert Graves (1895–1985)