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Gender in English: Masculine and Feminine Words Masculine Feminine abbot abbess actor actress Alexander Alexandra bachelor spinster baron baroness beau belle billy-goat nanny-goat boar sow boy girl bridegroom bride brother sister buck doe buck-rabbit doe-rabbit bull cow bull-calf cow-calf bullock heifer Cecil Cecilia Charles Charlotte Christian Christina Clarence Clara cock hen cock-sparrow hen-sparrow colt filly count countess dog bitch drake duck duke duchess earl countess emperor empress enchanter enchantress father mother father-in-law mother-in-law fiance fiancee Francis Frances friar nun gander goose

Gender in English Fem vs Masc Nouns

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English nouns with different form in masculine versus feminine

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Gender in English: Masculine and Feminine WordsMasculineFeminine

abbotabbess

actoractress

AlexanderAlexandra

bachelorspinster

baronbaroness

beaubelle

billy-goatnanny-goat

boarsow

boygirl

bridegroombride

brothersister

buckdoe

buck-rabbitdoe-rabbit

bullcow

bull-calfcow-calf

bullockheifer

CecilCecilia

CharlesCharlotte

ChristianChristina

ClarenceClara

cockhen

cock-sparrowhen-sparrow

coltfilly

countcountess

dogbitch

drakeduck

dukeduchess

earlcountess

emperorempress

enchanterenchantress

fathermother

father-in-lawmother-in-law

fiancefiancee

FrancisFrances

friarnun

gandergoose

gentlemanlady

GeorgeGeorgina

godgoddess

grandfathergrandmother

harthind

heshe

he-goatshe-goat

headmasterheadmistress

heirheiress

HenryHenrietta

heroheroine

himher

hosthostess

houndbrach

husbandwife

JohnJoan

JosephJosephine

kingqueen

ladlass

landlordlandlady

lionlioness

lordlady

malefemale

male-childfemale-child

manwoman

manservantmaidservant

marquismarchioness

masseurmasseuse

mastermistress

mayormayoress

monknun

MrMrs

nephewniece

OliverOlive

PatrickPatricia

PaulPauline

postmanpostwoman

postmasterpostmistress

priestpriestess

princeprincess

ramewe

RobertRoberta

shepherdshepherdess

sirmadam

siredam

sondaughter

son-in-lawdaughter-in-law

sorcerersorceress

staghind

stallionmare

steerheifer

stepfatherstepmother

stepsonstepdaughter

stewardstewardess

SultanSultana

tigertigress

tutorgoverness

uncleaunt

VictorVictoria

waiterwaitress

widowerwidow

WilliamWilhelmina

wizardwitch