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Thank you L-I-K. I got the first bit of the answer, but when it got to 'Man' why didn't I think of 'Gent' as an answer? I was thinking of various answers such as Male, Chap, even Crew as in Man the lifeboat! But why did I miss Gent?? Oh, the answer still sounds OK with a West Country accent!
Anyhow you now have Best Answer, thanks for the reminder Baldric.