GENDER

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Kind; sort. [Obs.] "One gender of herbs." Shak.

2.
n.

Sex, male or female. [Obs. or Colloq.]

3.
n.

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.

4.
v.

To beget; to engender.

5.
v.

To copulate; to breed. [R.] Shak.

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