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man-of-the-earth
American
[man-uhv-thee-urth, -urth]
/ ˈmæn əv ðiˌɜrθ, -ˈɜrθ /
noun
men-of-the-earth,
plural
man-of-the-earths
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of man-of-the-earth
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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