- mankind
- noun singular but singular or plural in construction Date: 13th century 1. the human race ; the totality of human beings 2. men especially as distinguished from women
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mankind — man kind , n. [AS. mancynn. See {Kin} kindred, {Kind}, n.] 1. The human race; man, taken collectively. [1913 Webster] The proper study of mankind is man. Pore. [1913 Webster] 2. Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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mankind — the human race, c.1300, earlier man kende (early 13c.), from MAN (Cf. man) (n.) + KIND (Cf. kind) (n.). Replaced O.E. mancynn human race. Also used occasionally in Middle English for male persons (late 14c.), but otherwise preserving the original … Etymology dictionary
mankind — is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable when the meaning is ‘the human species’ and with the stress on the first syllable in the less usual sense ‘male people, as distinct from female’. In the first meaning, humankind is now often… … Modern English usage
mankind — ► NOUN ▪ human beings collectively; the human race … English terms dictionary
mankind — [man′kīnd΄; ] for 1, also [ man kīnd′] n. [altered (by assoc. with KIND < mankin < OE mancynn < man, MAN, + cynn, KIN] 1. all human beings; the human race 2. all human males; the male sex … English World dictionary
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