This document discusses gender in English nouns and pronouns. It notes that nouns fall into three categories: masculine, feminine, and neuter. Masculine nouns denote males, feminine nouns denote females, and neuter nouns can denote either gender or objects. Some nouns have distinct male and female versions, while others are made feminine by adding suffixes like "-ess". It provides many examples of nouns and their male and female counterparts. The document concludes by noting some nouns that are common to both genders.

1. NOUNS-----
GENDER

2. In English, nouns and pronouns fall into
three grammatical groups
Masculine man, husband, he
Feminine woman, wife, she
Neuter: child, bird, it

3. NOUN DENOTING MALE GENDER
MASCULINE
FEMININE NOUN DENOTING FEMALE
GENDER
NOUN DENOTING EITHER MALE
COMMON
OR FEMALE GENDER

4. The male and female versions of some words are different
MALE FEMALE
Boy girl
Brother sister
Man woman
Father mother
Uncle aunt
Husband wife
Son daughter
Nephew niece
Grandfather grandmother

5. Some nouns are add ess on the end to form the female version
MALE FEMALE
king queen
prince princess
hero heroine
actor actress
Host hostess
Duke duchess
Governor governess
Poet poetess
gentleman lady

6. MALE FEMALE
Father-in-law mother-in-law
Brother-in-law sister-in-law
Bride bridegroom
Waiter waitress
Milkman milkmaid
Priest nun
Sir madam
Master mistress
Bachelor spinster
Widower widow

7. MALE FEMALE
Cow bull
Tiger tigress
Lion lioness
Drake duck
Deer stag
Billy-goat doe
Ram (Sheep) ewe
boar(pig) sow
Horse mare / filly
Cock hen
Peacock peahen
Dog bitch
Fox vixen

8. Words can be common to both male and
Worker receptionist
female
child
Musician designer
friend
Teacher secretary
candidate
Baby horse
servant
Assistant minister
member
Cousin doctor
student
Nurse customer
applicant
Driver patient
Boss passenger

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