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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
mankind \man'kind"\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mankind \Man"kind'\, adjective 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mankind
noun: all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used 'humankind' because 'mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: {world}, {human race}, {humanity}, {humankind}, {human beings}, {humans}, {man}]
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