well-man

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noun plural -men

a healthy man who attends a clinic or surgery to ensure that his general health, lifestyle, and sexual performance are satisfactory
(as modifier)a well-man clinic

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Words nearby well-man

well-known, well-liked, well logging, well-loved, well-made, well-man, well-managed, well-mannered, well-marked, well-matched, well-meaning

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How to use well-man in a sentence

In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
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The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
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Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
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That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.
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It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
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Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.
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Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
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The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.
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The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
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He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.
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