Sentence:  It dawns on you that instead of a lump to fill the seat across the bridge table from you , he was a <WSD>man</WSD> , and that because Gratt Shafer was making you miserable , you were passing it down to him , to Gratt Shafer 's substitute , that other guy . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)