male (males plural )
1 adj Someone who is male is a man or a boy., (Antonym: female)
Many women achievers appear to pose a threat to their male colleagues...
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maleness n-uncount
...the solidarity among men which is part of maleness.
2 n-count Men and boys are sometimes referred to as males when they are being considered as a type.
(=man) (Antonym: female)
A high proportion of crime is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties.
3 adj Male means relating, belonging, or affecting men rather than women., (Antonym: female)
The rate of male unemployment in Britain is now the third worst in Europe.
4 n-count You can refer to any creature that belongs to the sex that cannot lay eggs or have babies as a male., (Antonym: female)
Males and females take turns brooding the eggs.
Male is also an adjective., adj (Antonym: female)