"manling" meaning in English

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          "text": "Again, a man so gracious and in high favour with the Emperor, as Augustus often called him his witty manling (for the littleness of his stature), and, if we may trust antiquity, had designed him for a secretary of estate, and invited him to the palace, which he modestly prayed off and refused.",
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        "A little man; a man of short stature."
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        "A young man; a boy."
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        "(literary) A young man; a boy."
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      "ipa": "/ˈmænlɪŋ/"
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