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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
masculine \mas"cu*line\ (m[a^]s"k[-u]*l[i^]n), adjective [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}, adverb -- {Mas"cu*line*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
masculine
adjective
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'"
noun: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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