mane

UK: /ˈmeɪn/ US: /meɪn/ ,(mān)

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mane /meɪn/   n. [countable]

1. Zoology the long thick hair around or at the back of the neck of some animals, as the horse or lion.
2. long luxuriant hair on the head of a person:
   Her mane of black hair flowed in the wind.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mane  (mān), n. 

1. the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion. See diag. under horse. 
2. Informal Terms (on a human being) a head of distinctively long and thick or rough hair.

• bef. 900; Middle English; Old English manu; cognate with German Mähne, Dutch manen, Old Norse mǫn

maned, adj. 
mane′less, adj. 

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mane / meɪn/ noun

1. the long coarse hair that grows from the crest of the neck in such mammals as the lion and horse
2. long thick human hair

Etymology: Old English manu; related to Old High German mana, Old Norse mön, and perhaps to Old English mene and Old High German menni necklace

maned adjective