Meaning of gender

Gender

Uncommon

noun

•

; kind.

•

In Grammar:

A

of

and

(and sometimes of other

parts of speech

) into

or

, and sometimes other

like

or

, and

or

.

•

(a

such as "male" or "female" into which sexually-reproducing

are

on the

of their

in their

).

•

as a

, a

, or

, and

with a (social) role or set of

and

,

, etc; a

to which a person

on this

. (Compare

,

gender identity

.)

•

In Grammar:

of

(“particular way of

or

”)

•

which

, which may be

(fitting into another

) and

(having another

it), or genderless/androgynous (capable of

another

of the same

).

verb

•

In Sociology:

To

a

to (a person); to

as

a

; to

using

(pronouns,

,

...) that

a certain

.

•

In Sociology:

To

(a

) as

characteristics

with a certain

, or as

been

by someone

.

•

To

.

•

To

.

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gender

English

gendren

Middle English (1100-1500)

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