{s} male; manly, manlike, of or characteristic of men; strong, virile; (about objects or words) having the designation of masculine
Masculine qualities and things relate to or are considered typical of men, in contrast to women. masculine characteristics like a husky voice and facial hair. masculine pride. = male female
If you say that someone or something is masculine, you mean that they have qualities such as strength or confidence which are considered typical of men. her aggressive, masculine image The Duke's study was very masculine, with deep red wall-covering and dark oak shelving. feminine
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male associated with men and not with women of grammatical gender (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'
Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter
In some languages, a masculine noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a feminine or neuter one, or behaves in a different way