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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

mankind

/măn'-kīnd'/ · man·kind · IPA /mænˈkaɪnd/
01 n. The human race; man, taken collectively.
  1. 1.
    The human race; man, taken collectively.
    “The proper study of mankind is man.” — Pore.
  2. 2.
    Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.
  3. 3.
    Human feelings; humanity.[Obs]
02 a. Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.
  1. 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.