masc.

American  

abbreviation

1. masculine.

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masc. British  

abbreviation

1. masculine

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Example Sentences

I retain our vulgar "Houri," warning the reader that it is a masc. for a fem.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Thus:— Dên, man, masc. sing.; an dên, the man.  dhô’n dên, to the man.

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry

Thus masc. -o- stems show palatal modification, e.g. corn, “horn,” plur. cyrn < *kornī; the plural ending of -u- stems, O. Gaulish -oves, gives O.W. -ou, Mid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Tassow, fathers, masc. plur.; an dassow, the fathers.  dhô’n dassow, to the fathers.

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry

The few fem. nouns of this declension take the masc. terminations.

From Greek in a Nutshell by Strong, James