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What are some words that are different in English for men and women with the same occupation? For example actor and actress

emperor

empress

editor

editress

Answer additions

Change the -ter or -tor of masculine nouns to -tress:

Masculine:

hunter, tempter. songster, painter, waiter, porter, mister, enchanter, founder, arbiter; traitor, sculptor

actor, elector, conductor, editor, preceptor. bene-fac

tor, director, investigator, protector, instructor, ances-tor, doctor, monitor, translator

Negative:

huntress, temptress. traitress, sculptress, etc. c. Changing the endings of masculine nouns from -rer or -ror to -ress:

Masculine:

adventurer, adventurer, adulterer, launderer, murderer, sorcerer, caterer, the procurer, emperors

Negative:

adventuress, adulteress, &c.