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It is one of the gender-neutral terms.

• webstrand 4y ago
  There are quite a number of them, with a few dating back to the 1800s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_languages_with_gendered_third-person_pronouns#Table_of_standard_and_non-standard_third-person_singular_pronouns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_languages...
  • rickstanley 4y ago
    Interesting, I didn't know about this!