"she/he" meaning in English

See she/he in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Forms: he [canonical], they [plural]
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  1. She or he; singular of they, used as a gender-neutral (binary) reference to the third person singular. Tags: singular, third-person Synonyms: he/she Related terms: her, him, his

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