Deeper Dive: men
men men plural of Man.
Men pronoun [OE. me, men. “Not the plural of man, but a weakened form of the word man itself.” Skeat.] A man; one; – used with a verb in the singular, and corresponding to the present indefinite one or they. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.Men moot give silver to the poure friars. Chaucer.
A privy thief, men clepeth death. Chaucer.
-- Webster's unabridged 1913
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