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| Grand Army of the Republic |
an organization founded in 1866 by men who had served in the Union Army or Navy during the U.S. Civil War. |
| grand tour |
an extended tour of Europe, esp. continental Europe, formerly taken as the culmination and completion of study by young, wealthy, often aristocratic men of England or America. [1/2 definitions] |
| gymnasium |
in ancient Greece, a place where young men met for physical and mental exercise. [1/3 definitions] |
| Herr |
a German title of respect for men, preceding family names and professional titles, and corresponding to English "Mr." or "Sir". |
| Ismaros |
a mountain in Thrace where, according to Greek mythology, Odysseus and his men managed to flee from Polyphemus. |
| jabot |
a decorative ruffle on the front of a blouse or shirt that hangs down from the neck, formerly worn by men and now worn mostly by women. |
| Jesuit |
a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order for men, founded in 1534 during the Counter-Reformation. |
| jubbah |
a long outer robe worn by men and women in some Muslim countries. |
| jump suit |
a casual garment for men or women that is similar to this. [1/2 definitions] |
| kilt |
a knee-length, pleated, plaid wool skirt traditionally worn by Scottish men. |
| Knights of Columbus |
an international fraternal organization of Roman Catholic men. |
| lederhosen |
short leather pants with suspenders worn by men and boys in Bavaria and parts of the Alps. |
| leisure suit |
a casual suit, worn by men, having a shirtlike jacket and matching pants. |
| long1 |
a clothing size for tall men. [1/10 definitions] |
| luteinizing hormone |
a hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that, in women, stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum and, in men, the secretion of testosterone. |
| Magi |
according to the New Testament, the three wise men from the East who followed a brilliant star to find the infant Jesus Christ and honor him with gifts. [1/2 definitions] |
| magus |
(often cap.) one of the Maji, the wise men described in the Christian New Testament, traditionally three in number, who came from the East to pay homage to the infant Jesus in the town of Bethlehem. [1/3 definitions] |
| man |
(slang) used as an informal form of address to a male person, usu. used between men. [1/9 definitions] |
| manhood suffrage |
within a nation, the right of all adult men to vote regardless of their status. In the United States in the nineteenth century, the movement within individual states toward manhood suffrage sought to guarantee that poor and propertyless white men would not be denied the vote. This movement succeeded in its particular aims but did nothing to ensure the right to vote for non-whites. Although the Fifteenth Amendment was passed after the Civil War to prevent states from denying the right to vote to anyone based on race, manhood suffrage continued to be denied to non-white adult males in many states. |
| mankind |
men collectively, as distinguished from women. [1/2 definitions] |
| masculine |
of, concerning, or suitable to men or boys; male. [1/4 definitions] |
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