-man

From the noun man.

-man (plural -men)

1. Someone (possibly implied male) who is an expert in an area or who takes part in an activity.

   horseman, sportsman

2. Someone (possibly implied male) who is employed or holds a position in an area.

   lawman, newsman

3. Someone (possibly implied male) who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area.

   freeman, iceman, superman

4. Someone who is male and has a particular nationality.

   Scotsman, Chinaman

• To include people regardless of gender, the suffix -person or a synonym, for example police officer instead of policeman, can be used.
• Frequently employed in the names of male comic book characters, e.g. Aquaman, Batman, Spider-Man, Superman.

• -woman

• -person

• Category:English words suffixed with -man

• 'Nam, 'nam, AMN, MNA, N. Am., NAM, Nam, mna

From the Dutch noun man 'man'.

-man m (plural -mannen or -lieden or -lui)

1. Someone (implied male) who is an expert in an area; e.g. sportman 'sportsman', zakenman 'businessman'.
2. Someone (implied male) who is employed or holds a position in an area; e.g brandweerman 'fireman', politieman 'policeman'.
3. Someone (implied male) who has special characteristics relating to an area, e.g. dolleman 'madman', landsman 'countryman'.
4. In certain cases, someone (implied male) who derives from a particular nationality; e.g. Engelsman, Fransman.

The plural form of -man is -lieden (-lui in spoken language) or sometimes -mannen and -mensen (ex. sportlieden/sportlui, brandweerlieden/brandweermannen, politiemannen or politiemensen, Fransmannen or Fransen).

• -vrouw

• brandweerman
• dolleman
• politeman
• sportsman
• zeeman
• landsman
• zakenman

Borrowed from English

• IPA^(key): /man/

-man

1. used to form names of male professions or sportspersons

• Most of these like businessman are borrowed directly from English, while some such as tennisman are not. The plural may be -mans or -men.

• -woman

From French -ment (“-ly”).

-man

1. used to form adverbs out of adjectives; -ly

From French -mane

-man m

1. (generally) -maniac

• “-man” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French -mane

-man m

1. (generally) -maniac

• “-man” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

-man

1. allative or dative case; indicates the direction of movement or the indirect object

   Llaqtaman risaq.

   I will go towards the town.

   Paykunaman mikhunata apachkani.

   I am taking food to them.

2. potential mood; indicates possibility or potential

   Qam rikunkiman.

   You would see.

   Ñuqaqa manam haqayman purinimanchu.

   I would not walk over there.

-man

1. Person suffix, used to derive agent nouns from verbs and nouns of people characterised by a trait from nouns and adjectives.