Defn: A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.
MASCULATE
Mas"cu*late, v. t. Etym: [L. masculus male, masculine.]
Defn: To make strong. [Obs.] Cockeram.
MASCULINE Mas"cu*line, a. Etym: [L. masculinus, fr. masculus male, manly, dim. of mas a male: cf. F. masculin. See Male masculine.]
1. Of the male sex; not female. Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons. Chaucer.
2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust. That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy. Hallam.
3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.] "A masculine church." Fuller.
4. (Gram.)
Defn: Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining
especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter.
See Gender.
— Mas"cu*line*ly, adv.
— Mas"cu*line*ness, n.
MASCULINITY
Mas`cu*lin"i*ty, n.