"s/he" meaning in English

See s/he in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /hi ɔː(ɹ)ʃi/ Forms: they [plural]
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  1. he or she Tags: singular, third-person Synonyms: he [proscribed, sometimes], he (alt: s), he/she Synonyms (arbitrarily): she Synonyms (sometimes proscribed; grammatically plural but semantically singular): they Related terms: wo/man
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