Male, subst. 1) one of the male sex, one whose office is to beget young: “the beasts are their --s' subjects,” Err. II, 1, 19. “you love the breeder better than the m.” H6C II, 1, 42. “compose nothing but --s,” Mcb. I, 7, 74.
2) male parent, father: “thy mother's son! like enough, and thy father's shadow: so the son of the female is the shadow of the m.” H4B III, 2, 141. “I, the hapless m. to one sweet bird,” H6C V, 6, 15.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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