1. By different words; as,
| Masculine. | Feminine. |
| Bachelor | maid |
| Boar | sow |
| Boy | girl |
| Brother | sister |
| Buck | doe |
| Bull | cow |
| Cock | hen |
| Dog | bitch |
| Drake | duck |
| Earl | countess |
| Father | mother |
| Friar | nun |
| Gander | goose |
| Hart | roe |
| Horse | mare |
| Husband | wife |
| King | queen |
| Lad | lass |
| Lord | lady |
| Man | woman |
| Master | mistress |
| Milter | spawner |
| Nephew | niece |
| Ram | ewe |
| Singer | songstress or singer |
| Sloven | slut |
| Son | daughter |
| Stag | hind |
| Uncle | aunt |
| Wizard | witch |
| Sir | madam |
2. By a difference in termination; as,
| Actor | actress |
| Administrator | administratrix |
| Adulterer | adulteress |
| Ambassador | ambassadress |
| Arbiter | arbitress |
| Auditor | auditress |
| Author | authoress |
| Baron | baroness |
| Benefactor | benefactress |
| Bridegroom | bride |
| Canon | canoness |
| Caterer | cateress |
| Chanter | chantress |
| Conductor | conductress |
| Count | countess |
| Czar | czarina |
| Deacon | deaconess |
| Detracter | detractress |
| Director | directress |
| Duke | dutchess |
| Elector | electress |
| Embassador | embassadress |
| Emperor | emperess |
| Enchanter | enchantress |
| Executor | executrix |
| Fornicator | fornicatress |
| God | goddess |
| Governor | governess |
| Heir | heiress |
| Hero | heroine |
| Host | hostess |
| Hunter | huntress |
| Inheritor | inheritress or inheritrix |
| Instructor | instructress |
| Jew | Jewess |
| Lion | lioness |
| Marquis | marchioness |
| Mayor | mayoress |
| Patron | patroness |
| Peer | peeress |
| Poet | poetess |
| Priest | priestess |
| Prince | princess |
| Prior | prioress |
| Prophet | prophetess |
| Proprietor | proprietress |
| Protector | protectress |
| Shepherd | shepherdess |
| Songster | songstress |
| Sorcerer | sorceress |
| Suiter | suitress |
| Sultan | sultaness or sultana |
| Tiger | tigress |
| Testator | testatrix |
| Traitor | traitress |
| Tutor | tutoress |
| Tyrant | tyranness |
| Victor | victress |
| Viscount | viscountess |
| Votary | votaress |
| Widower | widow |
3. By prefixing another word; as,
| A cock-sparrow | A hen-sparrow |
| A man-servant | A maid-servant |
| A he-goat | A she-goat |
| A he-bear | A she-bear |
| A male-child | A female-child |
| Male-descendants | Female-descendants |
PERSON.
PERSON is a property of the noun and pronoun which varies the verb.
The first person denotes the speaker.
The second person denotes the person or thing spoken to; as, "Listen, earth!"