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Male   /meɪl/   Listen
Male

adjective
1.
Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation.  "A male holly tree"
2.
Characteristic of a man.  Synonyms: manful, manlike, manly, virile.  "Manly sports"
3.
For or pertaining to or composed of men or boys.  "The male population"
noun
1.
An animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova).
2.
A person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies.  Synonym: male person.
3.
The capital of Maldives in the center of the islands.



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"Male" Quotes from Famous Books



... papers, I had no doubt whatever that the case as presented by Ashton was quite clear, and that his ward Miss Avice Wickham is without doubt Countess of Ellingham (the title, I understand, going in the female as well as the male line) and rightful owner of the estates. And I told him that his best plan, on reaching England, was to put the whole matter before the family solicitors. However, he said that before doing that, there were two things he wanted to do. One was to find out for himself ...
— The Middle of Things • J. S. Fletcher

... form of grief. If, for instance, a mother bewails the illness of her child, it is because her unconscious self is experiencing the pleasure of importance, of being condoled and sympathised with, as also that of having her child (if it is a male) entirely for the time dependent on her ministrations. If, on the other hand, the sick child is her daughter, her grief is in reality a hope that this, her young rival, may die, and leave her supreme in the affections of her husband. If, in either of these cases, she can be brought to face and ...
— Dangerous Ages • Rose Macaulay

... from the centre of town,—on the main roads running therefrom, and those city establishments comprehended strictly under the head of taverns,—which were more particularly places of refreshment for mankind of the genus male. These two classes were, and are, quite distinct from the later-day caravanserai known as hotels, and as ...
— Dickens' London • Francis Miltoun

... with American society, but here his background is the consideration of the evil influences of inheritance in old families. The scene is still New York and Long Island, full of the charm of outdoor life and hunting episodes. The principal male character Siward is cursed with the inheritance of drink. Siward's struggles to conquer his Enemy, and the fighting chance he sees at last in the affection of a girl, carry on the story to a hopeful finish. The novel ...
— Special Messenger • Robert W. Chambers

... mingled. The Turanians, like the present yellow race of Siberia, imagined the world full of demons (plague, fever, phantoms, vampires), engaged in prowling around men to do them harm; sorcerers were invoked to banish these demons by magical formulas. The Cushites adored a pair of gods, the male deity of force and the female of matter. The Chaldean priests, united in a powerful guild, confused the two ...
— History Of Ancient Civilization • Charles Seignobos


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