Definition of Male

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Definition of Male

Male

Evil; wicked; bad.

Same as Mail, a bag.

Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.

Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.

Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.

Consisting of males; as, a male choir.

Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.

An animal of the male sex.

A plant bearing only staminate flowers.

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Male Quotations

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
Margaret Mead

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
Rudyard Kipling

As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.
Michelangelo

Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male is to accept a woman not merely as feeling, not merely as thinking, but as managing a complex, vital interweaving of both.
Sylvia Plath

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.
Emma Goldman

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.
Sonia Sotomayor

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
Simone de Beauvoir

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.
Simone de Beauvoir

Male Translations

male in Afrikaans is manlik
male in Danish is mandlig
male in Dutch is mannelijk
male in French is connecteur, masculin, bonhomme
male in Italian is maschile, spina
male in Portuguese is macho
male in Spanish is masculino, macho, varonil
male in Swedish is manliga, hane

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