"manless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English manles, from Old English mannlēas, from Proto-Germanic *manalausaz, equivalent to man + -less. Cognate with Dutch manloos, German mannlos, Icelandic mannlauss. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|manles}} Middle English manles, {{inh|en|ang|mannlēas}} Old English mannlēas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*manalausaz}} Proto-Germanic *manalausaz, {{af|en|man|-less}} man + -less, {{cog|nl|manloos}} Dutch manloos, {{cog|de|mannlos}} German mannlos, {{cog|is|mannlauss}} Icelandic mannlauss Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} manless (not comparable)
  1. Without a man or men. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-manless-en-adj-Pl6CBAc- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 79 21
  2. Lacking masculinity. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-manless-en-adj-I-UXcn41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: menless Translations (manless): erkeksiz (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'manless': 0 0
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