adj.
Of or relating to the Isle of Man or its people, language, or culture.
n., pl., Manx.
- (used with a pl. verb) The people of the Isle of Man.
- The extinct Goidelic language of the Manx.
- A Manx cat.
[Alteration of Old Norse *Mansk, from Mon, Man-, Isle of Man.]
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