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comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine
Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly. examples
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female. examples
Belonging to males; typically used by males. examples
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate. quotations examples
That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
1818, Henry Hallam, View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages
[…] a masculine church.The spelling has been modernized.
1655, Thomas Fuller, edited by James Nichols, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
(of a noun) Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner. examples
(of another part of speech) Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun. examples
(grammar, Mongolic languages, of any word) Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel. examples
plural masculines
(grammar) The masculine gender. quotations examples
The masculine functions as the negative term in the opposition, i.e. when the gender is not defined, the masculine is used.
2009, Carlos Quiles, Fernando López-Menchero, A Grammar of Modern Indo-European, Second Edition
(grammar) A word of the masculine gender. quotations examples
As to the class to which the masculines of the strong declension belong, we repeat that […]
1905, George Theodore Dippold, A German grammar for high schools and colleges
That which is masculine. quotations examples
These forces would also seem to reflect the gender distinction that can be made with respect to the divine, the feminine associated with the divine as immanent within the finite and the masculine with the divine transcendence and the infinite.
2004, Leonora Leet, The Universal Kabbalah
(rare, possibly obsolete) A man. quotations
I think women, at least those who do their own work, would live very simply in that respect, if there were none of the masculines to feed.
1868, The Ladies' Repository, A Universalist Monthly Magazine For The Home Circle. Volume XXXIX , page 458 (left column)