manpage

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noun

A block of user documentation.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounmanpage (plural manpages)

plural manpages · alternative man page

  1. UnixcomputingA block of user documentation.

Origin

From man (“short for manual and a Unix command to display help pages”) + page.

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Cite this entry
APA

manpage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manpage

MLA

“manpage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manpage. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manpage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manpage.

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