certain, man

Detailed Definition

• 1a human being, whether male or female
• 2generically, to include all human individuals
• 3to distinguish man from beings of a different race or order
• 4indefinitely, someone, a man, one
• 5in the plural, people
• 6with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin
• 7with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity
• 8joined with other words, merchantman
• 9with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul
• 10with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly christian man, conformed to the nature of god
• 11with reference to sex, a male