Word Study
manned (root: man)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective manned has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
manned, adj.
Having a crew; -- of vehicles; as, a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step; to minimize casualties, the military used cruise missiles rather than manned aircraft for the bombardment. Opposite of unmanned . [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
manned, adj. (of an aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) having a human crew.
Etymology
past part. of MAN
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