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masculine ending

American  

noun

  1. a final inflection or suffix designating that a word belongs to the masculine gender.

  2. a stressed syllable that ends a line of verse.

masculine ending British  

noun

  1. prosody a stressed syllable at the end of a line of verse Compare feminine ending

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It defaults to the masculine ending when referencing a noun related to males and females in one group.

From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2021

It defaults to the masculine ending when referencing a noun related to both males and females in one group.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2021

A line has a masculine ending when its last syllable is stressed; when it ends, for example, on words or phrases like behold', control', no more', begone'.

From An Introduction to Shakespeare by MacCracken, H. N.

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