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Nov 8, 2009
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hu•man



Pronunciation: (hyOO'mun or, often, yOO'-), [key]
—adj.
1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
2. consisting of people: the human race.
3. of or pertaining to the social aspect of people: human affairs.
4. sympathetic; humane: a warmly human understanding.

—n.
a human being.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Humacaohuman being
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