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    List of Gender Change: Masculine Feminine

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    This document lists masculine and feminine terms for various human and animal roles. For humans, it provides gendered terms for family members, occupations, titles, and marital statuses. For animals, it lists the male and female terms for many common species, such as buck and doe for deer or bull and cow for cattle. The list demonstrates how language encodes gender differences across many domains.

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    List of Gender Change: Masculine Feminine

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    This document lists masculine and feminine terms for various human and animal roles. For humans, it provides gendered terms for family members, occupations, titles, and marital statuses. For animals, it lists the male and female terms for many common species, such as buck and doe for deer or bull and cow for cattle. The list demonstrates how language encodes gender differences across many domains.

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    This document lists masculine and feminine terms for various human and animal roles. For humans, it provides gendered terms for family members, occupations, titles, and marital statuses. For animals, it lists the male and female terms for many common species, such as buck and doe for deer or bull and cow for cattle. The list demonstrates how language encodes gender differences across many domains.

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    List of Gender Change: Masculine Feminine

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    sanu Halder
    This document lists masculine and feminine terms for various human and animal roles. For humans, it provides gendered terms for family members, occupations, titles, and marital statuses. For animals, it lists the male and female terms for many common species, such as buck and doe for deer or bull and cow for cattle. The list demonstrates how language encodes gender differences across many domains.

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    List of Gender Change

    Masculine Feminine
    actor actress
    administrator administratrix
    author authoress
    bachelor spinster
    boy girl
    Boy Scout Girl Guide
    brave squaw
    bridegroom bride
    brother sister
    conductor conductress
    count countess
    czar czarina
    dad mum
    daddy mummy
    duke duchess
    emperor empress
    father mother
    father-in-law mother-in-law
    fiance fiancee
    gentleman lady
    giant giantess
    god goddess
    governor matron
    grandfather grandmother
    grandson granddaughter
    headmaster headmistress
    heir heiress
    hero heroine
    host hostess
    hunter huntress
    husband wife
    king queen
    lad lass
    landlord landlady
    lord lady
    male female
    man woman
    manager manageress
    manservant maidservant
    masseur masseuse
    master mistress
    mayor mayoress
    milkman milkmaid
    millionaire millionairess
    monitor monitress
    monk nun
    Mr. Mrs.
    murderer murderess
    Negro Negress
    nephew niece
    papa mama
    poet poetess
    policeman policewoman
    postman postwoman
    postmaster postmistress
    priest prietess
    prince princess
    prophet prophetess
    proprietor proprietress
    prosecutor prosecutrix
    protector protectress
    shepherd shepherdess
    sir madam
    son daughter
    son-in-law daughter-in-law
    step-father step-mother
    step-son step-daughter
    steward stewardess
    sultan sultana
    tailor tailoress
    testator testatrix
    uncle aunt
    usher usherette
    waiter waitress
    washerman washerwoman
    widower widow
    wizard witch
    Masculine Feminine
    antelope: buck doe
    ass jenny
    badger: boar sow
    bear: boar sow
    boar (pig) sow
    bull cow
    bullock heifer/cow
    cat: tom-cat tabby-cat
    cob (swan) pen
    cock (rooster) hen
    cockerel pullet
    colt (young horse) filly
    deer: buck doe
    dog bitch
    donkey jenny
    drake duck
    drone bee
    eagle eagle
    elephant: bull-
    cow-elephant
    elephant
    ferret: buck doe
    fox vixen
    gander goose
    guinea pig: boar sow
    goat: billy-goat/he-
    nanny-goat/she-goat
    goat
    hare: buck doe
    hedgehog: boar sow
    kangaroo: buck doe
    leopard leopardess
    lion lioness
    peacock peahen
    pig sow
    pigeon: cock-pigeon hen-pigeon
    rabbit: buck doe
    ram ewe
    rat: buck doe
    reindeer: buck doe
    rhinoceros: bull cow
    seal: bull-seal cow-seal
    sheep ewe
    sparrow: cock- hen-sparrow
    sparrow
    stag hind
    stallion mare
    tiger tigress
    turkey-cock turkey-hen
    whale: bull-whale cow-whale
    wolf: he-wolf she-wolf

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