electress Embassador embassadress Emperor emperess Enchanter enchantress Executor executrix Fornicator fornicatress God goddess Governor governess Heir heiress Hero heroine Host hostess Hunter huntress Inheritor inheritress or inheritrix Instructor instructress Jew Jewess Lion lioness Marquis marchioness Mayor mayoress Patron patroness Peer peeress Poet poetess Priest priestess Prince princess Prior prioress Prophet prophetess Proprietor proprietress Protector protectress Shepherd shepherdess Songster songstress Sorcerer sorceress Suiter suitress Sultan sultaness or sultana Tiger tigress Testator testatrix Traitor traitress Tutor tutoress Tyrant tyranness Victor victress Viscount viscountess Votary votaress Widower widow

      3. By prefixing another word; as,

A cock-sparrow        A hen-sparrow
A man-servant         A maid-servant
A he-goat             A she-goat
A he-bear             A she-bear
A male-child          A female-child
Male-descendants      Female-descendants

PERSON.

PERSON is a property of the noun and pronoun which varies the verb.

The first person denotes the speaker.

The second person denotes the person or thing spoken to; as, “Listen, earth!"

The third person denotes the person or thing spoken of; as, “The earth thirsts.”

Nouns have but two persons, the second and third.  When a man speaks, the pronoun I or we is always used; therefore nouns can never be in the first person.  In examples like the following, some philologists suppose the noun to be in the first person:—­“This may certify, that I, Jonas Taylor, do hereby give and grant,” &c.  But it is evident, that the speaker or writer, in introducing his own name, speaks of himself; consequently the noun is of the third person.

If you wish to understand the persons of nouns, a little sober thought is requisite; and, by exercising it, all difficulties will be removed.  If I say, my son, have you seen the young man? you perceive that the noun son is of the second person, because I address myself to him; that is, he is spoken to; but the noun man is of the third person, because he is spoken of.  Again, if I say, young man, have you seen my son? man is of the second person, and son is of the third.