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Meanings of masculine gender in English

Belonging to the masculine grammatical gender.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "masculine"
        Examples for "masculine"
        1
        The embarrassing masculine absurdities are in the main responsible for its ethics.
        'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales
        2
        But they are invariably used in the masculine thro out the scriptures.
        Lectures on Language, as Particularly Connected with English Gra...
        3
        The more masculine the women become, the more effeminate become the men.
        Equality
        4
        The law is wholly masculine; it is created and executed by man.
        The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) / Includin...
        5
        Her strong, rich voice, with its slightly masculine timbre, caught people's attention.
        Acts of faith
        Usage of masculine gender in English
        1
        Witches, moreover, belong more to the feminine than to the masculine gender.
        Taras Bulba, and Other Tales
        2
        Deities, being regarded as male, were included in the masculine gender.
        The Iroquois Book of Rites
        3
        He always spoke of all phases of his day's work in the masculine gender.
        Gone to Earth
        4
        Shows a man's library, masculine gender written all over it-strength, comfort, usefulness and simplicity.
        The Art of Interior Decoration
        5
        It is curious that he here uses the masculine gender: "un grande amico."
        The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
        6
        But in languages where the word for 'bridge' has a masculine gender, people refer to bridges as sturdy.
        BBC
        7
        Although I am of the masculine gender, your purposes and resources influenced me to rise against the male society.
        Feminist dot com
        8
        I have spoken of the Great South Dome in the masculine gender, but the native tradition makes it feminine.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 / A Magazine...
        9
        In fact it contained some of the most eminent persons in our midst, and at dinner the waiters were of the masculine gender solely.
        Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs
        10
        In the Hebrew of Samuel the Nagid the terms of endearment, applied though they are to a girl, are all in the masculine gender.
        The Book of Delight and Other Papers
        11
        Ideals, especially ideals of the masculine gender, in their domestic circles lose very much of the nimbus which they carry about with them elsewhere.
        A Hungarian Nabob
        12
        Let not any ignorant mortal of the masculine gender, at such hours, rashly dare to question the promptings of the genius that inspires them.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 / A Maga...
        13
        The feminine forms were formerly much used, but their use is now being discontinued, and the noun of masculine gender used to designate both sexes.
        Practical Grammar and Composition
        14
        (I shall now honour Turk by the masculine gender.)
        The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
        This collocation consists of:
        Masculine gender through the time
        Masculine gender across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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