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fair sex
fair sex
Girls or women, as in Many women would object to being called the fair sex nowadays. This euphemism uses fair in the sense of "physically beautiful" and is probably dying out. [Mid-1600s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Tyrik | | tie-REEK | African American (Modern) |
Ujarak | | - | Native American, Inuit |
Georgene | | jawr-JEEN, JAWR-jeen | English |
Woodward | | ['wudwəd] | |
Myra | | ['mairə] | |
Anoubis | | - | Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized) |