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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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