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masculine |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Masculine \Mas"cu*line\, a. [L. masculinus fr masculus male, manly, dim. of mas a male: cf F. masculin. See {Male} masculine.] 1. Of the male sex; not female. Thy masculine children, that is to say thy sons. --Chaucer. 2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to or characteristic of a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust. That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy. --Hallam. 3. Belonging to males; appropriated to or used by males. [R.] ``A masculine church.'' --Fuller. 4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of or construed with words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from {feminine} and {neuter}. See {Gender}. -- {Mas"cu*line*ly}, adv -- {Mas"cu*line*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: masculine adj 1: of grammatical gender [ant: {feminine}, {neuter}] 2: associated with men and not with women [ant: {feminine}] 3: (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'" n : a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
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