Dictionary entry

Men (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Men, pron. [OE. me, men. “Not the plural of man, but a weakened form of the word man itself.” Skeat.] A man; one; — used with a verb in the singular, and corresponding to the present indefinite one or they. Piers Plowman.

Men moot give silver to the poure friars. Chaucer.

A privy thief, men clepeth death. Chaucer.