1. (a.) Of the male sex; not female.

2. (a.) Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.

3. (a.) Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.

4. (a.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.

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