ˈmanˌhu̇d, -aan- noun
Etymology: Middle English manhode, from man + -hode -hood
1. : the condition of being a human being : human quality or nature
make moral postulates that rest less on his scientific knowledge than on his simple manhood — Weston La Barre
2. : manly qualities : courage , bravery , resolution
send manhood out of him in fear — G.D.Brown
society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members — R.W.Emerson
3.
a. : the condition of being an adult male
the thing for which he had striven since manhood — Mary K. Hammond
grew to manhood in a frontier town
b. : the condition of being a male as distinguished from a female
has become the symbol of manhood , which is socially valued — H.M.Parshley
c. : virility
d. : male genitalia
4. : men ; especially : the adult males
Ireland's manhood … were distributed among the prisons of England — O.S.J.Gogarty
Britain's strength lies in her own manhood , standing on her own shores — M.W.Straight
5. : mature status : maturity
grew up to manhood under the protection of Great Britain — F.H.Underhill
combat aviation has grown to manhood — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker