man|hood

man|hood
man|hood «MAN hud», noun.
1. the condition or time of being a man: »

The boy was about to enter manhood. The disappointment of manhood succeeds to the delusion of youth (Benjamin Disraeli).

2. courage; manliness; character or qualities of a man: »

Some civic manhood firm against the crowd (Tennyson). Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew (John Greenleaf Whittier).

SYNONYM(S): virility, bravery.
3. men as a group: »

the manhood of the United States.

4. the state or condition of being human; human nature: »

Yea, Manhood hath a wider span And larger privilege of life than man (James Russell Lowell).


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