manes
noun
the souls of the dead; shades.
manes
1 American
[mey-neez, mah-nes]
/ ˈmeɪ niz, ˈmɑ nɛs /
noun
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(used with a plural verb) the souls of the dead; shades.
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(used with a singular verb) the spirit or shade of a particular dead person.
Manes
2
American
[mey-neez]
/ ˈmeɪ niz /
noun
manes
1
British
/ ˈmɑːneɪz, ˈmɑːnɛs /
plural noun
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the spirits of the dead, often revered as minor deities
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(functioning as singular) the shade of a dead person
Manes
2
British
/ ˈmeɪniːz /
noun
Etymology
Origin of manes
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin mānēs (plural); akin to Latin mānis, mānus good
Example Sentences
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“I didn’t want to draw attention to myself,” she whispered, as she passed teenage girls leading shiny horses with braided manes.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2023
I petted my horses’ manes one last time and drove away.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021
Terri had packed them, and we ramp up our final-night party in shiny manes of white, hot pink, psychedelic rainbow and even a green Marge Simpson.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2020
As he wrote in his 1963 poem “The Child,” “Who were the lion men with faces of fur / and manes / who bent by my crib to bless me?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2020
White flames seemed to Frodo to flicker on their crests and he half fancied that he saw amid the water white riders upon white horses with frothing manes.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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