Definitions | male |
| noun
- Someone of masculine gender.
adjective
- Belonging or referring to the sex which is generally characterized as having the smaller gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made).
- (figurative) having an external plug, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
Etymology: (term, male, lang=enm), borrowed from Old French (term, masle), (term, malle) (Modern French (term, míle)), from Latin (term, masculus, , masculine, a male), diminutive of (term, mas, mÄs, male, masculine).
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