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
Iudas-Biblical Latin
FinaFEE-nahItalian
Marijeta-Croatian
Radovan-Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Raginmund-Ancient Germanic
Hunt[hʌnt]