PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. Its principal older sense was human being or person; wer and wīf could mark the sex distinction.
/mæn/ · noun
A human being and, in later dominant use, an adult male human; inherited through Old English mann from the Germanic human-person family.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Documents the older sense and wer or wīf contrast.
Word History: principal Old English sense human beingIndependently preserves the generic history.
Etymology: Old English man or mon, human beingThe dossier retains both the generic and later male-specific senses.