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man-child

Definitions of man-child
  1. noun
    a child who is male
    synonyms: male offspring
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    types:
    boy, son
    a male human offspring
    Jnr, Jr, Junior
    a son who has the same first name as his father
    mama's boy, mamma's boy, mother's boy
    a boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests
    type of:
    male, male person
    a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
    child, kid
    a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
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