See Also: masculinity(medicine)
masculinity(dictionary)
masculinity(dictionary)
masculinity-femininity scale(medicine)

marquis (iou) and masculinity (oh)


marquis (iou)



marquis noun. Also marquess, (esp. in titles) Marquis. ME.

In some Continental countries: orig. (now Hist.), a ruler of certain territories (originally marches or frontier districts); later, a nobleman (or, in the 16th and 17th cents., a noblewoman) ranking below a duke and above a count. ME.
(Now usu. marquess.) A British or Irish hereditary nobleman of the second rank of the peerage, below a duke and above an earl. LME.

masculinity (oh)



the features and qualities considered to be typical of men
-opposite femininity femininity
::Children's ideas of masculinity tend to come from their fathers.
::boys trying to prove their masculinity