masculine /(măs"kū̇*lĭn)/

mas·cu·line

masculine

a.
  1. Of the male sex; not female.
    Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
  2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
    That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
  3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.]
  4. Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender. (Gram.)