MODERN MAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does modern man mean? 

• MODERN MAN (noun)
  The noun MODERN MAN has 1 sense:

1. subspecies of Homo sapiens; includes all modern races

  Familiarity information: MODERN MAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MODERN MAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subspecies of Homo sapiens; includes all modern races

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Homo sapiens sapiens; modern man

Hypernyms ("modern man" is a kind of...):

Homo sapiens (the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc)

Holonyms ("modern man" is a member of...):

genus Homo (type genus of the family Hominidae)

 Context examples 

That these monsters should tear each other to pieces was a part of the strange struggle for existence, but that they should turn upon modern man, that they should deliberately track and hunt down the predominant human, was a staggering and fearsome thought.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)