| n. | 1. | The human race; man, taken collectively. |
| 2. | Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race. | |
| 3. | Human feelings; humanity. | |
| a. | 1. | Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel. |
| Noun | 1. | mankind - all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" |
MANKIND. Persons of the male sex; but in a more general sense, it includes persons of both sexes; for example, the statute of 25 Hen. VIII., c. 6, makes it felony to commit, sodomy with mankind or beast. Females as well as males axe included under the term mankind. Fortesc. 91; Bac. Ab. Sodomy. See Gender.
group, grouping, human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, people, world