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mankin

mankin noun: a little man; a manikin.

Noun

mankin (plural mankins)

  1. (rare) A little man; a manikin.

Proper noun capitalized: Mankin

Mankin (plural Mankins)

  1. A surname.

Forms of mankin

Noun
pluralmankins
Proper noun
pluralMankins

Origin of mankin

From man + -kin.

Questions about mankin

What does mankin mean?
Mankin means a little man; a manikin.
What part of speech is mankin?
Mankin can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of mankin?
The plural of mankin is mankins.

Words near mankin in the dictionary

  1. mankier
  2. mankiest
  3. mankiller
  4. mankillers
  5. mankily
  6. mankin
  7. mankind
  8. mankinde
  9. mankindly
  10. mankindness
  11. mankiness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mankin (page history and authors); Mankin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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