Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little man.
 
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A little man.
 
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete  A 
man ofshort stature . - noun literary  A 
young man ; aboy . 
Etymologies
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Examples
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There was the faintest chance, slim but conceivable, that the manling would be bluffed out and withdraw.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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However, he could not conceivably win against the faster, stronger young manling.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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There was the faintest chance, slim but conceivable, that the manling would be bluffed out and withdraw.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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Then Sola leaped down in front of Spock into the center of the manling band.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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However, he could not conceivably win against the faster, stronger young manling.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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Then Sola leaped down in front of Spock into the center of the manling band.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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Bring me the Gryphon, manling, and I will reconsider your request.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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Bring me the Gryphon, manling, and I will reconsider your request.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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You are far more vulnerable than a Vulcan, untrained for this, and armed only with a twig which a juvenile manling could take away from you.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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You are far more vulnerable than a Vulcan, untrained for this, and armed only with a twig which a juvenile manling could take away from you.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
 
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