Masculine

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 1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males
         or to objects classified as male
    

masculine \mas"cu*line\ (m[a^]s"k[-u]*l[i^]n), 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.
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            Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or
      characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or
      effeminate; strong; robust.
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            That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins
            with a masculine energy.              --Hallam.
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   3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
      [R.] "A masculine church." --Fuller.
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   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.
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25 Moby Thesaurus words for "masculine":
      andric, animate, bull, common gender, feminine, gender, gentleman,
      gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, he, him, his, hombre, homme, inanimate,
      male, male being, male person, man, manful, manlike, manly,
      mannish, neuter, uneffeminate