Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Womankind.
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- noun All
women around the world viewed as oneentity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When were the 'womenkind' in a wrecker's village at a loss for expedients?
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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He bemoaned the sufferings of his poor wounded men; he raved at the danger to which his "womenkind" had been exposed, and he exulted in the heroism of
The Hidden Hand 1888
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He writes to Mr. Morritt with a proud indifference, clearly to some extent simulated: ” “My womenkind will be the greater sufferers, yet even they look cheerily forward; and, for myself, the blowing off of my hat on a stormy day has given me more uneasiness.” [
Sir Walter Scott Hutton, Richard 1878
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He writes to Mr. Morritt with a proud indifference, clearly to some extent simulated: -- "My womenkind will be the greater sufferers, yet even they look cheerily forward; and, for myself, the blowing off of my hat on a stormy day has given me more uneasiness." [
Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) Richard Holt Hutton 1861
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As he had been a god, so had his womenkind been goddesses.
The Wife of a King 2010
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Barracks, at the Welse's, and a few other places, all men of standing were welcomed and made comfortable by the womenkind of like standing.
CHAPTER 9 2010
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I reminded Charmian of the canoe houses from which she had been barred in the South Pacific, where the kinky-haired cannibals escaped from their womenkind and feasted and drank by themselves, the sacred precincts taboo to women under pain of death.
Chapter 1 2010
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You belong to womenkind in general, and Mary Shelley will never be yours.
Biography in the DNB 2010
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Peking, and of the plans of the white men for their womenkind in the event of the yellow hordes breaking through the last lines of defence.
CHAPTER XLIX 2010
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As he had been a god, so had his womenkind been goddesses.
The Wife of a King 2010
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