mans

Etymology

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of man
   Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?

noun

1. (MLE, MTE, nonstandard, proscribed) plural of man
   Down the Ice Arena we met up with bare mans then Dot came with us and we bopped to the Orchard. 2014, Robb Peters, D.A. Diary, Bloomington: AuthorHouse
2. (obsolete) genitive of man
   But vnto man, and to diuers other land Creatures, the eating of much ſalt is very contagious, becauſe it maketh the bloud ſalt, and it breedes barenneſſe to mans bodie by the extreame ſiccitie thereof, and it maketh our ſeed ornature too ſharpe, but the ſame being moderatly taken, is very ſtirring in our bodies, and prouoketh them to venerious actes, whereby it helpeth to the generation of mankind. 1594, H[ugh] Plat, Diuerse New Sorts of Soyle Not Yet Brought into Any Publique Vse, for Manuring Both of Pasture and Arable Ground, with Sundrie Concepted Practises Belonging Therunto, London: […] Peter Short, page 8
   The bed appointed for the prince to rest himselfe, was of blacke Ebonie enchased which Rubies, Diamons and Carbun[c]ls […] on which by degrees mans state from infancie to his olde age was plainly depictured, 1596, Thomas Lodge, A Margarite of America, London: John Busbie

noun

1. (slang) Synonym of man
   Whose mans is this?