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Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and sheGender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 senses(gender neutral, nonstandard, singular, third person)Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
(gender neutral, nonstandard, singular, third person)Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
Examples
302 sentencesOrigin
Coined by feminist writer Mary Orovan in 1970; in common usage in intentional communitiesCoined by feminist writer Mary Orovan in 1970; in common usage in intentional communities of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.
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