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As nouns the difference between male and acault

is that male is tip (tip), summit, top (tree) while acault is a male who exhibits transgender behavior this cultural identification is associated with animistic beliefs.

male

English

(wikipedia male)

Adjective

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  • Belonging to the sex which typically has testes, which in humans and most other mammals is typically the one which has XY chromosomes.
  • * 1969 , Human afflictions and chromosomal aberrations , page 245:
    • On the one hand, the observation of Shah et al''. (1961) of male pseudohermaphroditism with XX karyotype and intra-abdominal testicles. Only the skin was studied so that a possibility of mosaicism cannot be dismissed. Two other XX male subjects (Court Brown ''et al. , 1964) raise a similar problem.
  • * 1995 , Nancy Condee, Soviet Hieroglyphics: Visual Culture in Late Twentieth-century Russia , page 113:
    • The masked woman's lips do not move, but her voice is heard again, "And then, awakened by a daring kiss..."
    Behind the mask[,] the woman's eyes flicker open as a male voice is heard off-screen,
  • Belonging to the masculine (social) gender.
  • Pertaining to or associated with men, or male animals; masculine.
  • * 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, page 289:
    • In the powder rooms of the world's great hotels[,] when male lesbians meet they show each other their wedding rings and burst out laughing.
  • * 2009 December 11, The Guardian :
    • "While No Doubt are avid fans of the Rolling Stones and even have performed in concerts with them, the Character Manipulation Feature results in an unauthorised performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes," the band's lawyers alleged.
  • (biology) Inherently characteristic of the male of a species.
  • * 2009 September 11, The Guardian :
    • "It's very complex area," said Bowen-Simpkins, a consultant gynaecologist. "The male hormone is what gives bulk to muscles and bones so they are at an advantage."
  • (grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
  • * 2012 , Naomi McIlwraith, Kiyâm: Poems (ISBN 1926836693), page 43:
    • The teacher's voice inflects the pulse of nêhiyawêwin as he teaches us. He says a prayer in the first class. Nouns, we learn, have a gender. In French, nouns are male or female, but in Cree, nouns are living or non-living, animate or inanimate.
  • (figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a "female" counterpart, as in a connector or pipe fitting.

    • Synonyms

    * manly, masculine * (figuratively) plug, pin

    Coordinate terms

    * transgender * intersex * androgynous * female * neuter

    Derived terms

    * male-assigned, cismale, transmale

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
  • # A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
  • #* 2008 , Linda Goldman, Coming Out, Coming in: Nurturing the Well-being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society (ISBN 0415958245), page 27:
  • a biologically female person who identifies as a male .
  • #* 2013 , Emery & Rimoin's Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics (ISBN 0123838355), chapter 88, page 6:
  • Among 46,XX males not having genital ambiguity, 80% show SRY as noted.
  • # An animal of the sex that has testes.
  • # A plant of the masculine sex.

    • Synonyms

    * boy

    Antonyms

    * female

    See also

    * man * macho * masculine * * sex, gender, gender identity

    Anagrams

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    acault

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A male who exhibits transgender behavior. This cultural identification is associated with animistic beliefs.

    • Usage notes

    This word is a mistranslation of the Burmese term . In Burma, these spirit mediums may be female ''or male, and may or may not be transgendered (cross-dressing), although they do wear costumes during ceremonial rituals when channeling spirits called "nats" in Burma. Homosexuality is not necessarily implied with spirit mediumship.

    See also

    * berdache and the controversy/discussion about using "berdache" vs. "two spirit" in "Various Kinds of Two-Spirit People: Gender Variance and Homosexuality in Native American communities" by Sabine Lang in Two Spirit People: Native Amreican Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality. Eds. Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, and Sabine Lang. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997: 100-118 * Thai * Burmese .

    References

    * Coleman E, Colgan P, Gooren L. Male cross-gender behavior in Myanmar (Burma): a description of the acault. Archives of Sexual Behavior 1992 Jun;21(3):313-21. * Brac de la Perrière, Bénédicte. “The Taungbyon Festival: Locality and Nation-Confronting in the Cult of the 37 Lords." Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century. Ed. Monique Skidmore. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005: 65-89 * “Young Activists Reflect on Identity, Community, and Diversity Among Asia’s MSM: THE TREAT ASIA REPORT INTERVIEW” TREAT Asia Report Feb 2007. TREAT Asia. amfAR. Accessed 1 July 2009. http://www.amfar.org/world/treatasia/article.aspx?id=5726

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