mankind : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mankind	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for mankind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mankind n all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" Synonym(s): world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mankind \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mankind \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.