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Meanings of gender-neutral pronoun in English

Russian
они
Portuguese
pronome neutro de terceira pessoa
Spanish
élle
Catalan
pronom de gènere neutre

A third-person pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an entity other than the speaker or listener.

        они
        Usage of gender-neutral pronoun in English
        1
        That word was hen, the country's first gender-neutral pronoun.
        The Irish Times
        2
        When students suspect that professors may not get the point of gender-neutral pronouns, they may play it safe and stick with "he" or "she".
        Radio NZ