Gender

n. [Fr. genre, Pr. genre, gendre, It. genere, Sp. & Pg. genero, Lat. genus, generis, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, from genere, gignere, to beget, in pass. to be born. Cf. ENGENDER.]

1. Kind; sort. [Obs.] “One gender of herbs.” Shak.
2. Sex, male or female.
3. (Gram.) A difference in words to express distinction of sex; a difference of termination in nouns, adjectives, and participles, expressive of the distinction of male and female.