Manned
[mænd]
Definition
(adj.) having a crew; 'a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step' .
Editor: Rena--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Man
Typist: Tyler
Examples
- All but two of the steamers were commanded by volunteers from the army, and all but one so manned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This island was fortified and manned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Fully a thousand black men manned the great engine of destruction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- My men were sent by an equal division into both the pirate ships, and my sloop new manned. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- This engine was manned by sixty trained men and under expert operation would throw a stream of 1. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was the work of only a few hours to get the boats manned, with coal aboard and steam up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Already the people of Hastor are questioning the purpose of so great a fleet fully manned with fighting-men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The Greek ships, on the other hand, were mostly manned by freemen fighting for their homes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Tyler