manship
see also: Manship
Pronunciation
Manship
Proper noun
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see also: Manship
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmænʃɪp/
manship (uncountable)
- The characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.
- 1845, Orestes Augustus Brownson, Charles Elwood, p. 161:
- Every man is a man if he chooses to be, and has in himself all that he needs in order to be a man in the full significance of the term; and therefore no one has any occasion to borrow a part of his manship from his brother.
- 1902, Lebbeus Harding Rogers, The Kite Trust (a Romance of Wealth), p. 324:
- He certainly had nothing to do with the choosing of his manship, any more than his sister had of her womanhood.
- 2003, Leon Dash, When Children Want Children: The Urban Crisis of Teenage Childbearing, p. 200:
- They were middle-class and, therefore, "had a better attitude towards girls because boys [in Washington Highlands] like beating girls to show their manship.
- 2007, Kevin P. Novak, Adam Versus Adam, p. 69:
- The manship of Jesus was hid from the eyes of men as completely as the Godship.
- 1845, Orestes Augustus Brownson, Charles Elwood, p. 161:
- (archaic) position of honor or respect; dignity, worthiness
- (archaic) honor shown to a person; homage, respect; courtesy
- (archaic) manly spirit or conduct; courage, valor, gallantry; chivalry
- (archaic) human condition
Manship
Proper noun
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