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nouna gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as maletype of:
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adjectiveassociated with men and not with womenOpposite:
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"a masculine cadence" "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"adjective(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
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adjectiveof grammatical gender
Definition that contains masculine
- it The neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to the masculine pronoun he and the feminine she, and having the same plural (they, their, theirs, them).
- himself An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; used as a subject usually with he; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case.
- yang the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology
- butch (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- butch used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
- macho used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
- dyke (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- dike (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- virility the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation
- neuter a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)