gender

gender is a   Noun

Definition:

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

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

[3] 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.

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