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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Human \Hu"man\, adjective [L. humanus; akin to homo man: cf. F. humain. See {Homage}, and cf. {Humane}, {Omber}.] Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices.
To err is human; to forgive, divine. --Pope.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Human \Hu"man\, noun A human being. [Colloq.]
Sprung of humans that inhabit earth. --Chapman.
We humans often find ourselves in strange position. --Prof. Wilson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
human
adjective
1: characteristic of humanity; "human nature"
2: relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"
3: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty" [ant: {nonhuman}]
noun
1: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" [syn: {person}, {individual}, {someone}, {somebody}, {mortal}, {soul}]
2: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae [syn: {homo}, {man}, {human being}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "human": Adamite, Adamitic, Christian, Christlike, Christly, accommodating, affectionate, android, anthropocentric, anthropoid, anthropological, being, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, bleeding, body, brotherly, cat, chap, character, charitable, child, clement, commiserative, compassionate, condolent, considerate, creature, customer, decent, duck, earthling, earthy, ethological, fallible, fellow, finite, fleshly, forbearant, forgiving, frail, fraternal, generous, gentle, good, good-natured, gracious, groundling, guy, hand, head, hominal, hominid, homo, homocentric, human being, humane, humanistic, humanitarian, individual, joker, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, lenient, life, living soul, loving, magnanimous, man, man-centered, mankind, manlike, melting, merciful, mortal, nice, nose, one, only human, party, person, personage, personality, pitying, ruthful, sensitive, single, soft, softhearted, somebody, someone, soul, sympathetic, sympathizing, tellurian, tender, tenderhearted, terran, unangelic, understanding, vulnerable, warm, warmhearted, weak, woman, worldling
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