Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Manhood \Man"hood\, n. [Man- + -hood.]
1. The state of being man as a human being, or man as
distinguished from a child or a woman.
2. Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution.
I am ashamed That thou hast power to shake my
manhood thus. --Shak.
Source : WordNet®
manhood
n 1: the state of being a man; manly qualities
2: the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of
all manhood" [syn: {humanness}, {humanity}]
3: the status of being a man