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Mamzer
Mamzer (Hebrew ממזר): in Jewish law, a child of a forbidden union punishable by karet or death, chiefly incest or adultery; barred from marrying ordinary Jews, a status inherited for all generations, still operative in Orthodox and Israeli rabbinic practice.
Man
Man: an adult human male (biological sex producing sperm), with socially constructed masculinity norms varying across cultures; studied via masculinities research, health impacts, and gender-equality programs.
Man (city)
Man (city): city in western Côte d'Ivoire, capital of the Montagnes District and Tonkpi Region, nicknamed the city of eighteen mountains; 241,969 residents (2021 census), 329 m elevation, trade and tourism hub near waterfalls and the Dent de Man.
Man About the House
Man About the House: British ITV sitcom (Thames Television, 1973–1976, 39 episodes) by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer, starring Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, and Sally Thomsett; spawned George and Mildred, Robin's Nest, and the US remake Three's Company.
Man AHL
Man AHL is a quantitative hedge fund manager specializing in trend following, founded in 1987 by Michael Adam, David Harding, and Martin Lueck, and owned by Man Group.
Man Alone
Man Alone is a 1939 realist novel by New Zealand writer John Mulgan, following an English ex-soldier through Depression-era New Zealand; its title names a recurring figure in the country's fiction.
Man and Horse
Man and Horse (人骑图) is a 1296 handscroll of a red-robed rider on horseback by the Yuan dynasty painter Zhao Mengfu, held in the Palace Museum, Beijing.
Man and Superman
Man and Superman: George Bernard Shaw's 1903 four-act comedy, subtitled A Comedy and a Philosophy, inverts the Don Juan legend; Jack Tanner flees Ann Whitefield, and the Don Juan in Hell scene dramatizes Shaw's Life Force and Creative Evolution.
Man and the Biosphere Programme
UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, launched 1971, coordinates the World Network of Biosphere Reserves: 797 sites in 145 countries with core, buffer, and transition zones reconciling conservation and sustainable development.
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps is a 2024 indie family fantasy film directed by Michael Hines, written by and starring Greg Steinbruner opposite Tami Stronach, her first film role since The NeverEnding Story, released by Fathom Events with Jim Henson Creature Shop puppets.
Man at the Crossroads
Man at the Crossroads, also known as El hombre en la encrucijada, was Diego Rivera's 1933 Rockefeller Center RCA-lobby fresco, destroyed in February 1934 after he refused to remove Lenin's portrait; repainted as Man, Controller of the Universe in Mexico City.
Man Atkeya Beparwah De Naal (من اٹکیا بے پرواہ دے نال)
Man Atkeya Beparwah De Naal (من اٹکیا بے پرواہ دے نال) is a Punjabi Sufi kafi by Shah Hussain, famous through Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's qawwali; covered as Naina Moray on Coke Studio and sampled in Roohi (2021).
Man Bites Dog (film)
Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous) is a 1992 Belgian black-and-white mockumentary by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, and Benoît Poelvoorde, in which a film crew documenting serial killer Ben becomes his accomplice; it won the International Critics' Prize at Cannes 1992.
Man cave
A man cave, also called a mantuary, is a room or outbuilding, often a basement or garage, that a man keeps as a private refuge for hobbies and sports viewing.
Man Chalay Ka Sauda
Man Chalay Ka Sauda (من چلے کا سودا) is an Urdu drama by Pakistani writer Ashfaq Ahmed about a successful businessman who abandons worldly comfort to seek inner peace.
Man Changing into Thunderbird
Man Changing into Thunderbird is a 1977 six-panel painting by the Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau, showing his transformation into the Thunderbird, ending with his spirit name Copper Thunderbird.
Man Chong
Man Chong (满宠), courtesy name Boning, was a military commander of the late Eastern Han and Cao Wei, best known for holding the Fancheng–Hefei line against Sun Quan's Wu and ending his career as Grand Commandant.
Man Down (album)
Man Down is Ice Cube's eleventh studio album, released November 22, 2024 on Lench Mob Records, his first solo album in six years. The 19-track West Coast rap concept album about manhood debuted at No. 8 on Billboard's top rap albums chart.
Man Down (film)
Man Down (2015) is a Dito Montiel psychological drama starring Shia LaBeouf as Marine Gabriel Drummer searching a post-apocalyptic America for his family; premiered at Venice 2015, released December 2016, Metascore 28.
Man Down (TV series)
Man Down is a British Channel 4 sitcom (2013–2017, 26 episodes, 4 series) written by and starring Greg Davies as Dan, an inept drama teacher, with Rik Mayall as his father in series 1 and Stephanie Cole as Aunt Nesta afterward.
Man Drowned Himself Lake
Man Drowned Himself Lake is an official lake in the Mackenzie district, Sahtu region, Northwest Territories, Canada, at 65.6932° N, 123.2143° W, about 9 km long, named for a recorded drowning.
MAN Energy Solutions
MAN Energy Solutions, rebranded as Everllence in 2025, is a German manufacturer of large diesel engines and industrial turbines, and the world's largest developer of commercial ship engines.
MAN F2000
The MAN F2000 is a range of heavy-duty trucks built by German manufacturer MAN from 1994 to the early 2000s, covering gross weights from 19 to 41 tonnes.
Man Facing Southeast
Man Facing Southeast (Hombre mirando al sudeste) is Eliseo Subiela's 1986 Argentine science fiction drama about Rantes, a psychiatric patient claiming to be an extraterrestrial; Oscar entry, nine Cóndor de Plata awards, Kino Lorber 2016 release.
Man flu
Man flu, also known as man cold, is pejorative slang for a cold or minor illness suffered by a man viewed as overstating his symptoms, not a medical diagnosis.
Man Group
Man Group plc is a London Stock Exchange-listed active investment manager managing $253.6 billion, founded by James Man in 1783 as a sugar cooperage and brokerage in the City of London.
Man I Need
Man I Need: 2025 Olivia Dean single (Capitol), third release from The Art of Loving; bossa nova/R&B love song; UK No. 1 and Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 peak; written with Zach Nahome and Tobias Jesso Jr.
Man in Black (Lost)
Man in Black (Lost): unnamed main antagonist of Lost, twin brother of Jacob; thrown into the Heart of the Island he became the smoke monster, impersonates the dead including Locke, and dies after the finale.
Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story
Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story is a 2026 Canadian documentary directed by Adrian Buitenhuis, produced by Derik Murray and Ryan Reynolds, chronicling Hansen's 1985–87 40,000-km, 34-country Man In Motion World Tour via audio diaries.
Man in the Box
"Man in the Box" is a 1990 Alice in Chains song from Facelift, written by Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley. About censorship and a veal calf's imagery, its talk-box riff and MTV video made it grunge's first national hit.