mens

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A form of men — (The) people, humanity, man(kind).

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Meanings

mens1

noun
  1. alternativenonstandardAfrican-American VernacularAlternative form of men (“plural of man”).
  2. obsoleteObsolete form of men's.

    Bring candid Eyes unto the peruſal of mens works, and let not Zoiliſm or Detraction blaſt well intended labours.

    c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “Sect[ion] II”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC, part II, pages 46–47
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    Mens hearts failing them for feare, and for looking after those things which are comming on the earth; For the powers of heauen shall be shaken.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 21:26

    A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory Of calling shapes, and beckning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable mens names On Sands, and Shoars, and desert Wildernesses.

    Comus

    1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC
  3. misspellingMisspelling of men's.

mens2

noun
  1. PhilippinesabbreviationclippingcolloquialbiologyClipping of menstruation.

Mens3

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Men

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APA

mens. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mens

MLA

“mens.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mens. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mens,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mens.

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