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Man of many parts perhaps (5)

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'man' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Mechanical man ' mean 'robot' so perhaps 'man' could also mean 'robot')

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(Other definitions for robot that I've seen before include "Automatic machine" , "Automatic worker?" , "Mechanism that moves automatically" , "Programmable machine" , "Factory worker, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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