Betekenis van manhood In het Nederlands

• 0 the state of being a man:

  • The story is seen through the eyes of a boy on the verge of manhood.

  • A celebration is held for the boy at the age when he is considered to have reached manhood.

  • Tall and handsome, this young actor is Hollywood's ideal of manhood.

  • The flower of the nation's manhood (= the best young men in the country) was killed in the war.

  • Why do you think he needs to have so many women around him - is it just a way of proving his manhood?

• 1 the condition or time of being a man:

  • a boy on the brink of manhood

  • He feels he has to do dangerous things to prove his manhood.