Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little man; a manikin.
- noun The race of man; mankind.
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- noun rare A little
man ; amanikin .
Etymologies
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From man + -kin.
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Examples
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My certy! but he's the enemy o 'the haill race o' mankin '.
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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BBC, Geldof join forces to draw up a map of mankin ...
April 2007 2007
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++Alle we atter dragen off ure eldere. ðe broken drigtinnes word {} ðurg ðe neddre. ðer {} ðurg haueð mankin. boðen nið ⁊ win.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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⁊ wið al mankin he haueð nið ⁊ win. wat if he leue haue of ure heuen louerd.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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