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   Ma·cho

   /ˈmäCHō/

   

   adjective

   • 1. showing aggressive pride in one's masculinity: "the big macho tough guy"

   noun

   • 1. a man who is aggressively proud of his masculinity: "I realized just what a macho I was at heart" Similar red-blooded malemacho manmusclemaninformal:he-mantough guystudvulgar slang:cocksmanOpposite wimp
   • ▪ machismo. Similar (aggressive) masculinitymachismotoughnesstoxic masculinitychauvinismmale chauvinismsexismladdishnessvirilitymanliness

   Word Origin 1940s: Spanish, ‘male, masculine’, from Latin masculus.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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