Macho Definition

mächō
machos
adjective
Exhibiting or characterized by machismo; overly aggressive, virile, domineering, etc.
Webster's New World
noun
machos
Machismo.
American Heritage
An overly assertive, virile, and domineering man.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A person characterized by or exhibiting machismo.
American Heritage
Any of various massive dark or very faint objects, including black holes, brown dwarf stars, or large planets, that may exist in galactic halos and make up at least part of the dark matter that is hypothesized to pervade the universe.
American Heritage

Origin of Macho

  • Spanish male from Latin masculus masculine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish macho (“male"), from Latin masculus

    From Wiktionary

  • m(assive) a(strophysical) c(ompact) h(alo) o(bject)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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