GENDER ENDERS

In English, many words referring to people may be made feminine by simply adding letters at the end - for example, prince/princess, bachelor/bachelorette, actor/actress - although many of these words have fallen out of widespread use. Many words adopted into English from Spanish change the final "O" in masculine nouns to "A" to make them feminine - senor/senora, amigo/amiga, nino/nina.

Can you think of two well-known, commonly used words referring to people that are made masculine by simply adding letters at the end?

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The original words refer to women.

Answers:

 

WIDOW - WIDOWER

BRIDE - BRIDEGROOM

 

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GAMES/World of Puzzles

April, 2019

Keith Enevoldsen