Definition of Gender
Gen´der
Pronunciation:
jĕn´dẽr
n.
1.
1.
Kind
;
sort
.
2.
Sex
,
male
or
female
.
3.
(Gram.)
A
classification
of
nouns
,
primarily
according
to
sex
;
and
secondarily
according
to
some
fancied
or
imputed
quality
associated
with
sex
.
Gender
is
a
grammatical
distinction
and
applies
to
words
only
.
Sex
is
natural
distinction
and
applies
to
living
objects
.
- R. Morris.
v. t.
1.
To
beget
;
to
engender
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Gendered
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Gendering
.]
v. i.
1.
To
copulate
;
to
breed
.
Related Words
feminine
,
grammatical
category
,
grammatical
gender
,
masculine
,
neuter
,
syntactic
category
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