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mad·man    Audio Help   [mad-man, -muhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -men    Audio Help   [-men, -muhn] Pronunciation Key.
a person who is or behaves as if insane; lunatic; maniac.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME madd man. See mad, man1]
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mad·man    Audio Help   (mād'mān', -mən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A man who is or seems to be mentally ill.

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madman

noun
an insane person [syn: lunatic] 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈmadman noun — plural ˈmadmen; feminine ˈmadwoman
a person who is insane
Example: He drove/fought like a madman.
Arabic: مَجْنون
Chinese (Simplified): 狂人, 疯子
Chinese (Traditional): 狂人, 瘋子
Czech: šílenec, blázen
Danish: en sindssyg
Dutch: gek
Estonian: hull
Finnish: mielipuoli
French: fou, folle
German: der, *die Wahnsinnige
Greek: τρελός, τρελή
Icelandic: vitfirringur
Indonesian: orang gila
Italian: folle
Japanese: 狂人
Latvian: ārprātīgais
Lithuanian: beprotis, pamiðëlis
Norwegian: galning, gal person
Polish: szaleniec
Portuguese (Brazil): louco
Portuguese (Portugal): louco
Romanian: nebun
Russian: сумасшедший
Slovak: šialenec, blázon
Slovenian: norec
Spanish: loco; loca
Swedish: galning, vettvilling
Turkish: deli (adam, *kadın)
See also: madden, maddening, like mad, mad, mad cow disease, "madman" in any language

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: mad·man
Pronunciation: 'mad-"man, -m&n
Function: noun
: a man who is or acts as if insane

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Madman

Mad"man\, n.; pl. Madmen. A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.

When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad. A madman is properly so defined. --Coleridge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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