a man of mean birth
1mean — 1 /mi:n/ verb (T) past tense and past participle meant /ment/ 1 HAVE A PARTICULAR MEETING (not in progressive) to have or represent a particular meaning: What does Konbanwa mean in English? It means Good Evening . | The red light means Stop . |… …
2Man, Isle Of — Introduction Man, Isle of Background: Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland, the isle came under the British crown in 1765. Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx… …
3birth control — regulation of the number of children born through the deliberate control or prevention of conception. Cf. family planning (def. 1). [1914, Amer.] * * * Voluntary limiting of human reproduction, using such means as contraception, sexual abstinence …
4Birth control — For other uses, see Birth control (disambiguation). Birth control is an umbrella term for several techniques and methods used to prevent fertilization or to interrupt pregnancy at various stages. Birth control techniques and methods include… …
5Man in the Iron Mask — This article is about an aspect of French history. For other uses, see Man in the Iron Mask (disambiguation). L Homme au Masque de Fer (The Man in the Iron Mask). Anonymous print (etching and mezzotint, hand colored) from 1789. According to the… …
6Man — This article is about adult human males. For humans in general, see Human. For the word, see Man (word). For the island, see Isle of Man. For other uses, see Man (disambiguation). Manhood and Men redirect here. For other uses, see Manhood… …
7Man’yōshū — (“Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves,” “Collection for Ten Thousand Generations”) (eighth century) The Man’yōshū is the oldest and, according to most critics, the greatest anthology of Japanese poetry. The ambiguous title may mean either… …
8Go Man Go — Horse infobox horsename = Go Man Go caption = Go Man Go being exercised by jockey Robert Strauss, Los Alamitos Racetrack, about 1956 breed = Quarter Horse discipline = Racing sire = Top Deck (TB) grandsire = Equestrian (TB) dam = Lightfoot Sis… …
9Paul de Man — (December 6, 1919ndash December 21, 1983) was a Belgian born deconstructionist literary critic and theorist. He completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University in the late 1950s. He then taught at Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, and the… …
10Isle of Man — Ellan Vannin …
