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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
masculine/ˈmaskjəlɪn/
▶adjective
  • 1 having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with men.

    ■ male.

  • 2 Grammar of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives conventionally regarded as male.
▶noun (the masculine) the male sex or gender.
– derivatives
masculinely adverb,
masculinist adjective or noun,
masculinity noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. masculinus, from masculus ‘male’.



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