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Originally used in scientific research of hierarchies in social animals, the term is now often applied to men with dominating characteristics. Already in some use during the 1990s, it was further popularized by Neil Strauss in The Game (2005).
First known use, by meaning
- from 1990s A dominant, assertive, protective, oftentimes successful, leadership-type man or male.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.