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MALE PERSON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

Synonyms:

male; male person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("male person" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Meronyms (parts of "male person"):

male body (the body of a male human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "male person"):

boy wonder (an extremely talented young male person)

blighter; bloke; chap; cuss; fella; feller; fellow; gent; lad (a boy or man)

foster-brother; foster brother (your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents)

macho (a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo)

boy; male child (a youthful male person)

male offspring; man-child (a child who is male)

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

man (a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman)

man (an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent))

mother's son (a male person)

sirrah (formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger)

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