Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A deity regarded as being in form or origin or in other respects a man.
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Examples
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Here was one that excelled in the things worth excelling in, a man-god ready to hand, and Kama could not but worship -- withal he gave no signs of it.
Chapter IV 2010
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And when Fang is sold and forced to fight, the love which he has felt for the man-god degenerates and he becomes a fierce fighter.
Le Milieu, Le Moment, La Race: Literary Naturalism in Jack London's White Fang 2010
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In particular, would the virile man-god be turned off by a middle-aged girlie man, and how fast would he be able to react if he saw me sliding off the saddle?
Back in the Saddle Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Merely ignored me in your ordinary, every-day, man-god, superior fashion.
Chapter 9 2010
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But no harm came of it, nor of the embrace from the strange man-god that followed.
The Southland 2010
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Comedic story of a 30,000 year old immortal man-god who saves a scribe-wizard thanks to his talent at gobby-bashing, and then drags him along adventuring.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Flashing Swords 1 - Lin Carter Blue Tyson 2008
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Comedic story of a 30,000 year old immortal man-god who saves a scribe-wizard thanks to his talent at gobby-bashing, and then drags him along adventuring.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Higher Heresies Of Oolimar - Lin Carter Blue Tyson 2008
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Comedic story of a 30,000 year old immortal man-god who saves a scribe-wizard thanks to his talent at gobby-bashing, and then drags him along adventuring.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Flashing Swords - Flashing Swords 1 Blue Tyson 2008
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Should you want either a bog-standard or biblical edition signed by the man-god himself, you should be at the Piccadilly branch of Waterstone's on 8September, but please bear in mind the already legendary restrictions: no bags, no mobiles, no photos, no personal dedications – and no guarantee that, even if you buy your book and get your special wristband, you will get to meet him.
From political wizard to a byword for excess. The journey's over for Tony 2010
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We have less reason to say Jesus was no more than the name of a an invented sacrificed man-god.
Intelligently-Designed Narratives: Mythicism as History-Stopper James F. McGrath 2010
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