"s/he" meaning in English

See s/he in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Forms: he [canonical], they [plural]
Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||third person singular||plural|they|||||||||||||head=}} he (third person singular, plural they), {{en-pron|third person singular||plural|they}} he (third person singular, plural they)
  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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