MANHOOD


Meaning of MANHOOD in English

man ‧ hood /ˈmænhʊd/ BrE AmE noun

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ man , ↑ manhood , ↑ mankind ; adjective : ↑ manly ≠ ↑ unmanly , manned ≠ ↑ unmanned , ↑ mannish ; verb : ↑ man ; adverb : ↑ manfully ]

1 . [uncountable] qualities such as strength, courage, and sexual power, that people think a man should have:

Why did he feel he had to prove his manhood in the company of women?

2 . [uncountable] the state of being a man and no longer a boy ⇨ womanhood

reach/attain manhood

He had barely reached manhood when he married.

3 . [uncountable] literary all the men of a particular nation:

America’s manhood

4 . [singular] especially literary a ↑ penis

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.