"perself" meaning in English

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Pronoun

enPR: pərˈself Rhymes: -ɛlf Etymology: per (from person) + -self (like himself, herself, etc.) Etymology templates: {{affix|en|-self}} -self Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} perself
  1. (reflexive, rare, nonstandard) Per, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per. Tags: nonstandard, rare, reflexive Categories (topical): Gender Synonyms: themself Hyponyms: himself, herself Related terms: other attested gender-neutral pronouns
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          "ref": "1996 February 22, Susan Groppi, “These messages make me so sad...”, in alt.adoption (Usenet):",
          "text": "I can't comment on the original poster's motivations, but I do know that some agencies (mine, for instance) will not release any information until the adoptee is 18, and then the adoptee perself has to request the information.",
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          "ref": "1996 December 6, Suki L. McDonough, “What's Up?”, in soc.women.lesbian-and-bi (Usenet):",
          "text": "My hit on the comment was that she was saying that a person on a newsgroup could choose *not* to publicly identify as a member of a visually identifiable minority which is subject to oppression, and therefore spend some time not having to have such oppression directed at perself as an individual (although obviously such a person would still be subject to \"ist\" postings which aim at the oppressed group in general).",
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          "ref": "1997 April 22, Anthony and Joy Hilbert, “ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet):",
          "text": "The person who called perself a dom, but then breached a safeword or did something similarly non-consensual.",
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          "ref": "1996 December 6, Suki L. McDonough, “What's Up?”, in soc.women.lesbian-and-bi (Usenet):",
          "text": "My hit on the comment was that she was saying that a person on a newsgroup could choose *not* to publicly identify as a member of a visually identifiable minority which is subject to oppression, and therefore spend some time not having to have such oppression directed at perself as an individual (although obviously such a person would still be subject to \"ist\" postings which aim at the oppressed group in general).",
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