manbody

An archaic Scottish English term meaning simply 'a man.' Typically formed as a compound using 'body' in the older sense of 'person' or 'individual,' a usage once common in Scottish and northern English dialects. The word 'body' was used similarly in phrases like 'somebody' and 'anybody,' and in Scotland it extended to gendered forms like 'manbody' or 'wifebody' (for a woman). The term is entirely obsolete in modern usage and would appear only in historical Scottish literature.

(Scotland, archaic) A man.