Sentence:  Only paved alleyways tunneled through the walls of those fortresses into the mysterious core of intimacy behind the houses where backyards owned no fences , where one <WSD>man</WSD> 's property blended with the next to form courtyards in which no one knew privacy . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage