masculine
a.- Of the male sex; not female.
- Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
- Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
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(Gram.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from
feminine andneuter . SeeGender .

