What is the science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal called?
anthropology — The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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