womenkind
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of womenkind
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English wommen kynde; women, kind 2
Example Sentences
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"One small step for women, one giant leap for womenkind."
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2017
The “women” Greer addresses are not the majority of womenkind – she concedes that she does not “know” poor people – but people like herself, university graduates, the comparatively privileged members of the western democracies.
From The Guardian • Apr. 25, 2016
One of Justin’s womenkind had misused Leverich’s hospitality; both resented the fact and her enforced departure.
From The Wayfarers by Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday
He was one of those men to whom their womenkind are sacred.
From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John
They retreated up the hill to a position of security, and stood there in impotent wrath, watching their womenkind toiling for the hated enemy.
From Settlers and Scouts by Strang, Herbert
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