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What is an alpha male?

What is an alpha male? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (zoology, ethology) The dominant male in a group of animals.
  2. (by extension) A dominating, controlling, protecting, successful, and leading man / male. [from 1990s]
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Since collaring, he has rejoined a small pack of four or five animals, though whether he himself is the alpha male remains uncertain.
Unlike pure dingoes, which, like wolves, live in packs ruled by an alpha male and female, wild packs of crossbreeds are uncontrolled.
One low-ranking male keeps the alpha male busy, by causing a fight, while the other male goes off with the female.
Mawa is the alpha male, the leader of the group, who likes to throw stones at people.
Of course seeing that he was this alpha male he clearly felt I was no competition for him.
One alpha male rules the group, and there is a strict pecking order all the way down to the lowliest monkey, who is picked on by everyone.

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