manfolkn.
/ˈmanˌfəʊk/, U.S. /ˈmænˌfoʊk/ archaic.
People, human beings; men.
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maneOE
worldOE
all fleshc1000
mankinOE
earthOE
little worldc1175
man's kinda1200
mankinda1225
worldrichec1275
slimec1315
kindc1325
world1340
sectc1400
humanityc1450
microcosma1475
peoplea1500
the human kindred?1533
race1553
homo1561
humankind1561
universality1561
deadly?1590
mortality1598
rational1601
vicegerent1601
small world1604
flesh and blooda1616
mannity1621
human race1623
universea1645
nations1667
public1699
the species1711
Adamhood1828
Jock Tamson's bairns1832
folx1833
Bimana1839
human1841
peeps1847
menfolk1870
manfolk1876
amniota1879
peoplekind1956
personkind1972
1876 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 377 Let not that manfolk shift their tongue, or cast their garb aside.
1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. iii. 42 Amid other dwellings of man-folk.
1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 15 Of all that befalleth manfolk dost thou deem it the evillest thing?
2003 www.northvegr.org 21 July (O.E.D. Archive) It shines with the broken colours of Sol's light: manfolk call it a rainbow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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