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ey

/eɪ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An egg.
  2. An island.
  3. (epicene) A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, one of the so-called Spivak pronouns, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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