men-kind Now rare.
Also 5 men kyn.
[See man n.1 22.]
The male sex; men-folk.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 145 He schulde raþer chese hem a kyng..of þe wommen kyn raþer þan of þe men kyn. 1559 in Neal Hist. Purit. (1732) I. 153 When the name of Jesus shall..be pronounced in the church, due reverence shall be made..with..uncovering the heads of the Menkind. 1674 Gookin in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1806) I. 183 The menkind sitting by themselves and the womenkind by themselves. 1697 in C. Mather Magn. Chr. vi. 12, I had breakfasted with the Family, and the Men-kind were gone abroad. 1898 Month June 637 Where the family meals take place, and where the Basque menkind are served first. |