"my man" meaning in English

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Interjection

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Head templates: {{en-interjection}} my man
  1. (US, slang) A term of address for a man, conveying awe or enthusiastic agreement. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-my_man-en-intj-AhDeub38 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, English terms of address, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Jamaican Creole translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 45 3 2 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 47 36 5 12 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 50 47 2 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 47 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 47 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 47 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Jamaican Creole translations: 49 44 5 1

Noun

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  1. (informal) A familiar term of address for a man. Tags: informal Translations (term of address for a male friend): mi dupes (Jamaican Creole)
    Sense id: en-my_man-en-noun-EuSYtv8m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms of address, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Jamaican Creole translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 45 3 2 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 50 47 2 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 47 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 47 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 47 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Jamaican Creole translations: 49 44 5 1 Disambiguation of 'term of address for a male friend': 97 3
  2. (informal) A casual, complimentary term for a man. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-my_man-en-noun-eNraMAAQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: my good man, my guy

Pronoun

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  1. (slang) He or him. Tags: masculine, nominative, objective, singular, slang, third-person Related terms: bro, man [Multicultural-London-English], dude
    Sense id: en-my_man-en-pron-YK~cbXft
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