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Webster 1913 Edition
masculine
mas′cu-line
(măs′kū̍-lĭn)
, Adj.
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
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Masculine
M`ASCULINE
,Adj.
1.
Having the qualities of a man; strong; robust; as a masculine body.2.
Resembling man; coarse; opposed to delicate or soft; as masculine features.3.
Bold; brave; as a masculine spirit or courage.4.
In grammar,the masculine gender of words is that which expresses a male, or something analogous to it; or it is the gender appropriated to males, though not always expressing the male sex.