"xir" meaning in English

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Determiner

Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=}} xir, {{en-det}} xir
  1. (nonstandard, possessive) Belonging to xe, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her. Tags: nonstandard, possessive Categories (topical): Non-binary Synonyms: xyr

Download JSON data for xir meaning in English (2.6kB)

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          "ref": "1999 January 3, Matthew Daly, soc.singles.moderated (Usenet)",
          "text": "in the recent past, there was an impeachment trial of a judge where every juror was told to secretly choose xir own standard.",
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          "ref": "2019 October 30, Debbie Luxon, “Myth-busting asexuality: Being asexual in Cambridgeshire”, in Cambridgeshire Live",
          "text": "This causes Cici to hide parts of xir identity to protect from these stereotypes.",
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          "ref": "2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202",
          "text": "The soft blue sky had the feel of a good omen. In Xir old age, the god moved slower every year; lingering in the shallows long after the last fish had been swallowed up by nets. Sometimes Xe stood still for days, in sight of the shore, as if Xe had not quite decided whether to beach Xemself for good. Let Xem only survive long enough to spawn a new god! Else Xir helpless people would be godless ans stranded in the haunted dryland where the dead cities slept. Where less kindly deities roamed."
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          "ref": "2019 October 30, Debbie Luxon, “Myth-busting asexuality: Being asexual in Cambridgeshire”, in Cambridgeshire Live",
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          "text": "The soft blue sky had the feel of a good omen. In Xir old age, the god moved slower every year; lingering in the shallows long after the last fish had been swallowed up by nets. Sometimes Xe stood still for days, in sight of the shore, as if Xe had not quite decided whether to beach Xemself for good. Let Xem only survive long enough to spawn a new god! Else Xir helpless people would be godless ans stranded in the haunted dryland where the dead cities slept. Where less kindly deities roamed."
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