Meaning

2 senses
  1. (collective, dated, plural, plural only)(The) people, humanity, man(kind).

    Menschen, Leute

    лю́диljúdi

  2. (collective, dated, plural, plural only)Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).

    "Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant.

More definitions
  • the force of workers available

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
human people:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
human people:

Origin

From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, no

From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.

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