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Webster 1913 Edition


Mankind

Man′kindˊ

,
Adj.
Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.
[Obs]
Are women grown so
mankind
? Must they be wooing?
Beau. & Fl.
Be not too
mankind
against your wife.
Chapman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mankind

MANKIND

,
Noun.
[man and kind.] This word admits the accent either on the first or second syllable; the distinction of accent being inconsiderable.]
1.
The race or species of human beings.
The proper study of mankind is man.
2.
A male, or the males of the human race.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind. Lev.18.

MANKIND

,
Adj.
Resembling man in form, not woman.