Definitions for: Mankind


[n] all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"



Webster (1913) Definition: Man`kind", n. [AS. mancynn. See Kin kindred, Kind,
n.]
1. The human race; man, taken collectively.

The proper study of mankind is man. --Pore.

2. Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of
human race. --Lev. xviii. 22.

3. Human feelings; humanity. [Obs] --B. Jonson.


Man"kind`, a.
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.

Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, world

See Also: group, grouping, people

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