Which of the following is a correct pair of masculine and feminine gender?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Prosecutor : Prosecutrix
| Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|
| (1) Bachelor | Bachelor: a bachelor is a man who has never married, the feminine is spinster |
| (2) Gander | Geese: only the plural of goose, a gander is a male goose and the feminine is goose |
| (3) Prosecutor (answer): a person who brings a case against someone in a court | Prosecutrix: the old feminine form of prosecutor |
| (4) Boar | Boaress: there is no word “boaress”, a boar is a male pig and the female pig is a sow |
Some masculine nouns ending in -tor form the feminine with -trix, as in executor → executrix.