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Conrad, the child that is now born shall be shine heir and gendre, that is son-in-law.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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Gender is derived from the English (Middle English actually) word gendre and Latin word genus all of which connote "kind, type, or sort". (www. psychology.wiki.com) The Spanish language, and other languages aside from English, distinguishes between gender in words like nina (girl) and nino (boy), as well as, prefixes for such words like el (masculine) and la (feminine).
American Chronicle American Chronicle 2010
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(boh-feece) noun, masculine son-in-law synonym: "gendre" (more synonyms, a great soundfile... and a dictionary of terms, after the story column)
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(boh-feece) noun, masculine son-in-law synonym: "gendre" (more synonyms, a great soundfile... and a dictionary of terms, after the story column)
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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son-in-law synonym: "gendre" (more synonyms, a great soundfile ... and a dictionary of terms, after the story column) ~~~~~~~~~~~~Questions
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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son-in-law synonym: "gendre" (more synonyms, a great soundfile ... and a dictionary of terms, after the story column) ~~~~~~~~~~~~Questions
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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son-in-law synonym: "gendre" (more synonyms, a great soundfile ... and a dictionary of terms, after the story column) ~~~~~~~~~~~~Questions
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Make a video game in which you kill a few hundred men gratuitiously, or mixed-gendre crowds, and nobody will blink an eye.
A woman’s place is not in the refrigerator at SF Novelists 2009
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I have never heard gendre, bru, marâtre or parâtre used in conversation and I understood beauf to be slang.
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I was told by members of this belle-famille that they consider gendre a bit nicer than beau-fils (so I call him mon gendre because he is tout à fait adorable!), but they feel that bru is less affectionate than belle-fille.
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