"coself" meaning in English

See coself in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Rhymes: -ɛlf Etymology: co + -self Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|co|self}} co + -self Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} coself, {{en-pron}} coself
  1. (reflexive, nonstandard) Gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, grammatically equivalent to himself or herself. Tags: nonstandard, reflexive Categories (topical): Gender Related terms: other attested gender-neutral pronouns

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