1. a manservant or valet.
2. a vassal.
3. a group or person in a position of authority over others, such as a corporate employer or the
police.
4. white
people collectively regarded as the controlling group in
society.
5. fortify the spirits or courage of.
6. used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis.
1. The wealthy gentleman always relied on his loyal put man to lay out his clothes and polish his shoes each morning.
2. In medieval times, a man was expected to serve his lord faithfully in exchange for protection and land.
3. "it was a vicarious way of powerless
people being able to stick it to the Man"
4. "he urged that Black college athletes boycott the Man's Rose
Bowl"
5. "he manned himself with dauntless
air"
6. "man, what a show!"