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What is the word for nouns with gender-specific forms?
Thought I would try a question with visual aid.*
The image below shows Claire Danes, "Actor", in a kiosk poster for the Met. The variation in usage between actor and actress for female thespians is ...
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An appropriate word to describe words that are common in natural gender
Generally speaking, the notion of "gender", more precisely of "grammatical gender", is used to classify nouns into groups. As an instance, in Italian language there are two categories labeled ...
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What is the male equivalent of “damsel”?
Is there a male equivalent of "damsel" ?
damsel (dam·sel)
Pronunciation: /ˈdamzəl/
noun archaic or literary
a young unmarried woman.
(from OxfordDictionaries.com)
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What is the male equivalent of “mistress” in formal English?
The mistress definition, Oxford dictionary
a woman having an extramarital sexual relationship, esp. with a married man
I am looking for the male equivalent of 'mistress' as defined above. Some ...
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Female equivalent of “creator”?
Female equivalent of "creator"?
Or is it unisex?
I'm a programmer and I named a variable "creatingFunction", which sounds even worse than "creatorFunction".
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