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Definition of madman noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

madman

noun

NAmE//ˈmædmæn//

, NAmE//ˈmædmən//

(pl. madmen

NAmE//ˈmædmɛn//

, NAmE//ˈmædmən//

)

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a man who has a serious mental illness or acts in a wild or uncontrolled way The killing was the act of a madman. He drove like a madman. Some madman (= stupid person) deleted all the files. see madwoman

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