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n. the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team"

n. an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"

n. a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"

man

n. an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"

man

n. the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"

town, township

n. an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal"

man, piece

n. game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"

man, adult male

n. an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"

man, military personnel, serviceman, military man

n. someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty"

man, gentleman, valet, gentleman's gentleman, valet de chambre

n. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"

man, humanity, world, humankind, mankind, human race

n. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"

Isle of Man, Man

n. dependency belonging to the United Kingdom

man

v. take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"

man, provide with men

v. provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks"

about

adv. in rotation or succession: "watch and watch about"

about, in the opposite direction, to the opposite direction

adv. "about face"

near, about, around, nearby, in the vicinity

adv. "She is always about"

about, around, some, approximately, roughly, more or less, or so

adv. "I have roughly $3,000"

astir, about, around

adj. on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident"

borough

n. one of the administrative divisions of a large city

mate, consort, partner, spouse, married person

n. a person's partner in marriage

employee

n. a worker who is hired to perform a job

mate

n. informal term for a friend of the same sex

people

n. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

subordinate, subsidiary, underling

n. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

servant, retainer

n. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

mouthpiece, voice, representative, interpreter, spokesperson

n. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"

helper, assistant, supporter

n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

agent, federal agent

n. any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

husband, hubby, married man

n. a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

servant, retainer

n. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah

n. a female domestic

domestic, domestic help, house servant

n. a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

attendant

n. a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"

attendant

n. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

helper, assistant, supporter

n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

chauffeur

n. a man paid to drive a privately owned car

cook

n. someone who cooks food

custodian, keeper, steward

n. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

steward, flight attendant

n. an attendant on an airplane

labor, labour, proletariat, working class

n. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

life

n. the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"

nature, natural phenomenon

n. all phenomena that are not artificial

society

n. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

garrison

v. station (troops) in a fort or garrison

people, fill with people

v. fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"

post, place, base, station, send

v. assign to a station

about, around, some, approximately, roughly, more or less, or so

adv. "I have roughly $3,000"

nigh, nearly, virtually, almost, well-nigh, just about

adv. "He nearly fainted"; "the already nigh obliterated records"; "Virtually all the parties signed the contract"

nigh, nearly, virtually, almost, well-nigh, just about

adv. "He nearly fainted"; "the already nigh obliterated records"; "Virtually all the parties signed the contract"

in essence, basically, fundamentally, essentially, au fond

adv. at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"

practically

adv. "He was practically the only guest at the party"

near, about, around, nearby, in the vicinity

adv. "She is always about"

at work

adj. on the job; "had been at work for over an hour before her boss arrived"

engaged, employed, occupied

adj. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"

engaged, in use, tied up

adj. of a telephone

on the go

adj. (of a person) very busy and active: "always on the go"

overbusy

adj. too busy

up to

adj. busy or occupied with; "what have you been up to?"; "up to no good"

hamlet

n. a community of people, smaller than a village

woman

n. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"

woman, adult female

n. an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

lady

n. a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me"

dame, madam, madame, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman

n. a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"

civilian

n. a nonmilitary citizen

flat

adv. against a flat surface: "He lay flat on his back"

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