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Genders Of Noun
Gender-----Noun
In English, nouns and pronouns fall into
three grammatical groups

Masculine man, husband, he, boy


Feminine woman, wife, she, girl
Neuter: child, bird, it
NOUN DENOTING MALE GENDER
MASCULINE
MASCULINE

NOUN DENOTING FEMALE


FEMININE
FEMININE GENDER

NOUN DENOTING EITHER MALE


COMMON
COMMON OR FEMALE GENDER
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
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
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
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
Words
Wordscan
canbe
becommon
commonto
toboth
bothmale
maleand
andfemale
female

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 Musician designer friend
 Teacher secretary candidate
 Baby horse servant
 Assistant minister member
 Cousin doctor student
 Nurse customer applicant
 Driver patient
 Boss passenger
THANK YOU

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