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Java man

Java man noun: a purported species of primate, a supposed ancient ancestor of human beings, named Pithecanthropus erectus, now considered Homo erectus. Also the alternative form of Javaman.

java man: a purported species of primate, a supposed ancient ancestor of human beings, named Pithecanthropus...
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Noun

Java man (countable and uncountable, plural Java men)

  1. A purported species of primate, a supposed ancient ancestor of human beings, named Pithecanthropus erectus, now considered Homo erectus.

Proper noun capitalized: Java Man

Java Man

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Java man.

Also used as

Java man is also the alternative form of Javaman.

Forms of Java man

pluralJava men
alternative formJava Man

Origin of Java man

From the fossils, which were found on the Indonesian island of Java.

From Java + man.

Questions about Java man

What does Java man mean?
Java man means a purported species of primate, a supposed ancient ancestor of human beings, named Pithecanthropus erectus, now considered Homo erectus.
What part of speech is Java man?
Java man can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Java man?
The plural of Java man is Java men.

Words near Java man in the dictionary

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  2. Java canvas
  3. Java cat
  4. Java cats
  5. Java EE
  6. Java man
  7. Java ME
  8. Java men
  9. Java mouse deer
  10. Java mouse-deer
  11. Java mouse-deers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Java man (page history and authors); Java Man (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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