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Definition of madman noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

madman

noun
 
/ˈmædmən/
 
/ˈmædmən/
(plural madmen
 
/ˈmædmən/
 
/ˈmædmən/
)
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  1. a person who does crazy, stupid or dangerous things
    • He drove like a madman.
    • Some madman (= stupid person) deleted all the files.
  2. (old-fashioned, offensive) a man who has a serious mental illness The use of madman with this meaning is now offensive.
    • The killing was the act of a madman.
    see also madwoman
See madman in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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