generic they in English

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "they say",
      "word": "you know what they say"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "they say",
      "word": "so they say"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "generic they",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of generic you: the pronoun they, used to refer to an unspecified person, to multiple unspecified people, or to people in general."
      ],
      "id": "en-generic_they-en-noun-x1fY8DFV",
      "links": [
        [
          "generic you",
          "generic you#English"
        ],
        [
          "they",
          "they#English:_indefinite"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "one#Pronoun"
        },
        {
          "word": "they"
        },
        {
          "extra": "the pronoun they, used to refer to an unspecified person, to multiple unspecified people, or to people in general",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "generic you"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of singular they: the pronoun they, used to refer to one single person without obligation to include their gender."
      ],
      "id": "en-generic_they-en-noun-emGtUiUu",
      "links": [
        [
          "singular",
          "singular#English"
        ],
        [
          "they",
          "they#English:_third-person_singular_nominative"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "they"
        },
        {
          "word": "ze#Etymology 2"
        },
        {
          "extra": "the pronoun they, used to refer to one single person without obligation to include their gender",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "singular they"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "generic they"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "they say",
      "word": "you know what they say"
    },
    {
      "sense": "they say",
      "word": "so they say"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "generic they",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of generic you: the pronoun they, used to refer to an unspecified person, to multiple unspecified people, or to people in general."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "generic you",
          "generic you#English"
        ],
        [
          "they",
          "they#English:_indefinite"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "one#Pronoun"
        },
        {
          "word": "they"
        },
        {
          "extra": "the pronoun they, used to refer to an unspecified person, to multiple unspecified people, or to people in general",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "generic you"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of singular they: the pronoun they, used to refer to one single person without obligation to include their gender."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "singular",
          "singular#English"
        ],
        [
          "they",
          "they#English:_third-person_singular_nominative"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "they"
        },
        {
          "word": "ze#Etymology 2"
        },
        {
          "extra": "the pronoun they, used to refer to one single person without obligation to include their gender",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "singular they"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "generic they"
}

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"generic they" meaning in English

Noun