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man⋅hood

  [man-hood]
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–noun
1. the state or time of being a man or adult male person; male maturity.
2. traditional manly qualities.
3. maleness, as distinguished from femaleness.
4. virility; potency.
5. male genitalia.
6. men collectively.
7. the state of being human.
Origin:
1200–50; ME; see man 1 , -hood
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man·hood   (mān'hŏŏd')   
n.  

  1. The state or time of being an adult male human.

  2. The composite of qualities, such as courage, determination, and vigor, often thought to be appropriate to a man.

  3. Adult males considered as a group; men.

  4. The state of being human.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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