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By adding -ess to the masculine gender.

Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine

author authoress heir heiress

baron baroness host hostess
tailor tailoress priest priestess

poet poetess shepherd shepherdess

By changing the spelling of the feminine gender and adding -ess or -ss.

Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine

actor actress prince princess
emperor empress waiter waitress
God Goddess master mistress
governor governess tiger tigress

By changing the entire word.

Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine

boar sow husband wife
bachelor spinster monk nun
Nouns: Gender, Number, and Case
buck doe hero heroine
bull cow king queen

cock hen lord lady
colt filly stallion mare

gander goose nephew niece
drone bee sir madam

father mother son daughter
fox vixen wizard witch

drake duck ram ewe (sheep)
By changing the masculine gender in a compound word.

For People:

Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine

washerman washerwoman father-in-law mother-in-law

grandfather grandmother brother-in-law sister-in-law
grandson granddaughter son-in-law daughter-in-law

landlord landlady stepfather stepmother

postmaster postmistress stepson stepdaughter

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