manship
The characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.
Noun
- The characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.
- 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...
- He certainly had nothing to do with the choosing of his manship, any more than his sister had of her womanhood. - 1902, Lebbeus Harding Rogers, The Kite Trust (a Romance of Wealth), page 324:
- They were middle-class and, therefore, "had a better attitude towards girls because boys [in Washington Highlands] like beating girls to show their manship. - 2003, Leon Dash, When Children Want Children: The Urban...
- Position of honor or respect; dignity, worthiness
- Ac fourti winter Madan mid mansipe held his riche. - c1400, Cursor Mundi:
- Honor shown to a person; homage, respect; courtesy
- For los and priis þou miᵹt þer winne & manschip to þe & al þi kinne. - c1330, The Romance of Guy of Warwick:
- Manly spirit or conduct; courage, valor, gallantry; chivalry
- And how that ever ye do, hold up your manship. - c1465, The Paston Letters:
- Human condition.
- Bot he was ferliful to call if þou it sagh..þat in a man all manscip war. - c1400, Cursor Mundi:
Origin
From Middle English manship (“position of honor; respect; courtesy; manly spirit or conduct; humanity; human condition”), from Old English mansċipe (“humanity, courtesy”), equivalent to man + -ship. Cognate with Dutch manschap (“homage, manred, crew”), German Mannschaft (“team, crew, squad, force”), Swedish manskap (“rank, crew”).