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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
        Synonyms
        Examples for "they"
        Examples for "they"
        1
        Reading down the list they said, 'Nice', 'Real nice', 'Very nice', 'Nice'.
        The Lost Continent
        2
        Of course, people need housing, they need food, they need good education.
        The new yorker
        3
        In other words: The companies can use inventors' patents however they want.
        Wired
        4
        He was grateful; along its relatively clear way they made good time.
        Blood and Bone
        5
        Only 11 per cent said they received safety information while in Ireland.
        The Irish Times
        1
        Airlines, however, largely see their main funding requirements as a government responsibility.
        Reuters
        2
        A criminal response to their situation simply does not work, Becroft said.
        Radio NZ
        3
        GM officials said their position would not change, however, the source said.
        Reuters
        4
        Mr Robinson said children needed active support to deal with their problems.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Four of those cases involved domestic violence victims fleeing their abusive partners.
        Radio NZ
        1
        We have an opening, and zo we offer ze place to you.
        Mcgillivray's mistress
        2
        Haffing missed ze orientation, zey vere unprepared for ze difference in altitude.
        James Potter and the Morrigan Web
        3
        I will zend you all ze information on ze e-mail to reconfirm.
        Mcgillivray's mistress
        4
        You do jest; zis is not ze palace; we come there directly.
        The Innocents Abroad
        5
        Zere is one old vehicle in ze shed, laid by for repairs.
        Miss Caprice
        1
        I don't know bow, but I'm sure the thon will get here.
        A Canticle For Leibowitz
        2
        It's his office, thon one with the brass plate on the door.
        Our Casualty, and Other Stories / 1918
        3
        But there's no fear of thon lady falling into sic a snare.
        The Northern Iron
        4
        Furthermore, the thon is rather anti-clerical I think-or perhaps solely anti-monastic.
        A Canticle For Leibowitz
        5
        Thou shouldst never run in debt if thon art without means.
        Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ...
        1
        Lou, the funky, reassuringly daft, all-purpose parent figure was obviously a 'hir.'
        Year's best sf 15
        2
        John Shields Cut out my Small rifle & brought hir to Shoot very well.
        The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
        3
        On the beautiful portrait of Andrews, is the autograph of Annie Brokett hir Blook!
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
        4
        Of course I couldn't be expected to let a hir-tolet a boy kiss me.
        The Story Girl
        5
        Then he chargeth hir, to procure as manie men, women, and children also, as she can, to enter into this societie....
        The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
        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