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      manpower
      noun
      The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
      The power exerted by a single person.
      Roots
      mannman- · Old English · person, human beingpoeirpower- · Old French · ability, capacity to act
      Words related to manpower
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      The word manpower breaks down into 2 roots of Old English and Old French origin: man, from Old English mann (“person, human being”); and power, from Old French poeir (“ability, capacity to act”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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