womenkind

[ wim-in-kahynd ]

noun

1. womankind.

Word History and Origins

Origin of womenkind¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English wommen kynde; women, kind ²

Example Sentences

Kristi Faulkner, president of Womenkind, an advertising agency, said she was planning to attend Shoptalk, a major conference for retail brands, in Las Vegas.

From New York Times

“One small pedal for Saudi women, one giant leap for womenkind,” Bakr said in a telephone interview from Riyadh.

From Washington Post

"One small step for women, one giant leap for womenkind."

From BBC

In a chapter that begins with an epigraph by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia, Ivanka describes one of her first achievements for womenkind: “I had already taken a first step towards reimagining the options available to modern, self-purchasing women when in 2007 I launched my fine jewelry collection.”

From Slate

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