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marked man
marked man
A person who is targeted for harm or retaliation of some kind. After Ed alerted the authorities about the corruption that took place within the company, he became a marked man.
*marked man
Fig. to be someone, usually a male, who is in danger from harm by someone else. (*Typically: be ~; live like ~.) Bob's a marked man. His parents found out that he's skipping school. Fred's a marked man, too. Jack is looking for him to get his money back.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Myron | | MIE-rən (English), muy-rawn (Ancient Greek) | English, Ancient Greek |
| Deborah | | ['debərə] | |
| Cveta | | - | Serbian |
| Waldo | | WAWL-do (English) | English, German, Ancient Germanic |
| AmÁLia | | - | Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak |
| Alem | | - | Bosnian |