marked man, a



marked man, a

Also, marked woman. A person singled out as an object of suspicion, hostility, or vengeance. For example, As a witness to the robbery, he felt he was a marked man, or After her fiasco at the meeting, she was a marked woman-no one would hire her. This idiom was first recorded in 1833.
See also: marked

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nessa (1)NES-əEnglish
Ella['elə]
Kelvin['kelvin]
CainanKAY-nən (English), kay-IE-nən (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin
Donar-Germanic Mythology
Raquelrah-KEL (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese, English