Meanings
nounman day (plural man days)
plural man days · alternative man-day · alternative manday
- alternativeAlternative spelling of man-day.
For example, in the US army during the 21 months of the war that they were involved in, 6·8 million man days were lost due to STIs, and more than 10% of all disease admissions were for STIs.
2014 November 8, Prof G Dennis Shanks, MD, “How World War 1 changed global attitudes to war and infectious diseases”, in The Lancet, volume 384, number 9955, →DOI, page 1703b of 1699–1707
Translations
Dutch mandag
- mandagone person's working time
Finnish henkilötyöpäivä
- henkilötyöpäiväone person's working time
French jour-homme
- jour-hommeone person's working time
German Arbeitstag, Personentag
- Arbeitstagone person's working time
- Personentagone person's working time
- Manntagone person's working time
Japanese 人工, 人日
- 人工 (ninku)one person's working time
- 人日 (ninnichi)one person's working time
Polish osobodzień, dniówka
- osobodzieńone person's working time
- dniówkaone person's working time
- roboczodniówkaone person's working time
Romanian zi de lucru
- zi de lucruone person's working time
Russian человеко-день
- человеко-день (čeloveko-denʹ)one person's working time
Cite this entry
APA
man day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man%20day
MLA
“man day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man%20day. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “man day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man%20day.
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