Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mankind \Man`kind"\, n. [AS. mancynn. See {Kin} kindred, {Kind},
   n.]
   1. The human race; man, taken collectively.

            The proper study of mankind is man.   --Pore.

   2. Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of
      human race. --Lev. xviii. 22.

   3. Human feelings; humanity. [Obs] --B. Jonson.

Mankind \Man"kind`\, a.
   Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel. [Obs]

         Are women grown so mankind? Must they be wooing?
                                                  --Beau. & Fl.

         Be not too mankind against your wife.    --Chapman.

Source : WordNet®

mankind
     n : all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a
         lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind'
         seemed to slight the women" [syn: {world}, {human race},
         {humanity}, {humankind}, {human beings}, {humans}, {man}]