·adj Of the male sex; not female.
II. Masculine ·adj Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
III. Masculine ·adj Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
IV. Masculine ·adj Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. ·see Gender.