mankind Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
    humans; human race; humankind; human beings; world; humanity; man.
    • all the world loves a lover
    • she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women

WordNet

Man`kind" noun
Etymology
AS. mancynn. See Kin kindred, Kind, n.
Definitions
  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` adjective
Definitions
  1. 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 1913