Man-kind'1, n.
(72), n. [This word admits the accent either on the first or second syllable; the distinction of accent being inconsiderable.]
Sense 1. The race or species of human beings; the human race; man taken collectively; man.
The proper study of mankind is man. Pope.
Sense 2. Men as distinguished from women; the male part of the human race. Lev. xviii. 22.
Sense 3. Human feelings; humanity. [Obs.] “O you whose minds are good, and have not forced all mankind from your breasts.” B. Jonson.