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:
“Yes, I do think that you might pardon him,
And neither heaven nor man grieve at the mercy.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 6:27-9.
“There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)