"little man" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: little men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|little men}} little man (plural little men)
  1. An ordinary man of no particular fame or accomplishment. Related terms: little man in the boat
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  2. (colloquial, term of address) A young boy. Tags: colloquial, term-of-address
    Sense id: en-little_man-en-noun-3QLXqMYf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms of address, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 63 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 58 39 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 4 63 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 55 42
  3. (euphemistic) A male person with dwarfism, or short stature resulting from a medical condition. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-little_man-en-noun-bsW2RSVb Categories (other): English euphemisms

Inflected forms

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