1. (

• masculine

) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male ;

1. (

• masculine ,

) of grammatical gender ;

2. (

• masculine ,

) associated with men and not with women ;

3. (

• masculine

) (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'" ;