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man·hood

 (măn′ho͝od′)
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.
5. The male penis or genitals.
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manhood

(ˈmænhʊd)
n
1. the state or quality of being a man or being manly
2. men collectively
3. archaic the state of being human
4. informal jocular a euphemism for a man's genitalia
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man•hood

(ˈmæn hʊd)

n.
1. the state or time of being a man.
2. traditional manly qualities.
3. the male genitalia.
4. men collectively.
5. the state of being human.
[1200–50]
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Manhood

 men collectively.
Example: manhood of Lancaster, 1588.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.manhood - the state of being a manmanhood - the state of being a man; manly qualities
adulthood - the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity
2.manhood - the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
3.manhood - the status of being a man
berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
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manhood

noun
1. maturity, adulthood, sexual maturity They were failing to help their sons grow from boyhood to manhood.
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Translations
رُجولَهصِفات الرُّجولَه
dospělostmužnostmužství
manddommandlig stolthed
ihmisyysmiehekkyysmiehuusmies
férfikor
manndómsármanndómur
dospelosťmužskosť
moškost

manhood

[ˈmænhʊd] N
1. (= age of majority) → mayoría f de edad, madurez f
to reach manhoodalcanzar la mayoría de edad, llegar a la madurez
2. (= manliness) → hombría f, virilidad f
3. (frm) (= men) → hombres mpl
English manhood; England's manhood (liter) → todos los ingleses, todos los hombres de Inglaterra
4. (euph) (= penis) → miembro m viril
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

manhood

[ˈmænhʊd] n
(= adulthood) → âge m d'homme
to reach manhood → atteindre l'âge d'homme
(= virility) → virilité f
as a test of his manhood → comme preuve de sa virilitéman-hour [ˈmænaʊər] nheure-homme f, heure f de main-d'œuvre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

manhood

n
(= state)Mannesalter nt
(= manliness)Männlichkeit f
(= men)Männer pl; a fine example of American manhoodein gutes Beispiel für den amerikanischen Mann
(euph: = penis) → Männlichkeit f (inf)
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manhood

[ˈmænhʊd] n
a. (state) → età f inv virile
b. (manliness) → virilità f inv
c. (men) → uomini mpl
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man

(mӕn) plural men (men) noun
1. an adult male human being. Hundreds of men, women and children; a four-man team.
2. human beings taken as a whole; the human race. the development of man.
3. obviously masculine male person. He's independent, tough, strong, brave – a real man!
4. a word sometimes used in speaking informally or giving commands to someone. Get on with your work, man, and stop complaining!
5. an ordinary soldier, who is not an officer. officers and men.
6. a piece used in playing chess or draughts. I took three of his men in one move.
verbpast tense, past participle manned
to supply with men (especially soldiers). The colonel manned the guns with soldiers from our regiment.
-man (-mən) , (-mӕn) a person (formerly usually used for either sex; currently, often replaced by -person when the person referred to can be of either sex) who performs a particular activity, as in postman, *milkman, *chairman
etc.
ˈmanhood noun
1. (of a male) the state of being adult, physically (and mentally) mature etc. He died before he reached manhood.
2. manly qualities. He took her refusal to marry him as an insult to his manhood.
manˈkind noun
the human race as a whole. He worked for the benefit of all mankind.
ˈmanly adjective
having the qualities thought desirable in a man, ie strength, determination, courage etc. He is strong and manly.
ˈmanliness noun
manned adjective
supplied with men. a manned spacecraft.
ˈman-eating adjective
which will eat people. a man-eating tiger.
ˈman-eater noun
manˈhandle verb
1. to move, carry etc by hand. When the crane broke down, they had to manhandle the crates on to the boat.
2. to treat roughly. You'll break all the china if you manhandle it like that!
ˈmanhole noun
a hole (usually in the middle of a road or pavement) through which someone may go to inspect sewers etc.
ˌman-ˈmade adjective
made, happening or formed by man, not by natural means. a man-made lake.
ˈmanpower noun
the number of people available for employment etc. There's a shortage of manpower in the building industry.
ˈmanservantplural ˈmenservants noun
a male servant (especially one employed as a valet). He has only one manservant.
ˈmansize(d) adjective
of a size suitable for a man; large. a mansized breakfast.
ˈmanslaughter noun
the crime of killing someone, without intending to do so. He was found guilty of manslaughter.
ˈmenfolk noun plural
male people, especially male relatives. The wives accompanied their menfolk.
ˈmenswear (ˈmenz-) noun
clothing for men. Do you sell menswear?
as one man
simultaneously; together. They rose as one man to applaud his speech.
the man in the street
the ordinary, typical, average man. The man in the street often has little interest in politics.
man of letters
a writer and/or scholar. Shakespeare was perhaps Britain's greatest man of letters.
man of the world
a sophisticated man who is not likely to be shocked or surprised by most things. You can speak freely – we're all men of the world.
man to man as one man to another; openly or frankly: They talked man to man about their problems; adjective (etc)
a man-to-man discussion.
to a man
every one, without exception. They voted to a man to accept the proposal.
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manhood

n. virilidad; edad viril.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

manhood

n edad f viril; masculinidad f, virilidad f
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References in classic literature ?
The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age.
There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations, and at the last one pause: --through infancy's unconscious spell, boyhood's thoughtless faith, adolescence' doubt (the common doom), then scepticism, then disbelief, resting at last in manhood's pondering repose of If.
George Willard, the Ohio village boy, was fast growing into manhood and new thoughts had been coming into his mind.