(Drop the vowel _e_ or _o_ in the ending of the masculine, and add _ess_.)
Actor, ambassador, arbiter, benefactor, conductor, director, editor,
enchanter, hunter, idolater, instructor, preceptor, tiger, waiter.
(Drop the masculine _er_ or _or_, and add the feminine _ess_.)
Adventurer, caterer, governor, murderer, sorcerer.
(The following are somewhat irregular.)
+Direction+.--_Learn these forms:_--
Abbot, abbess; duke, duchess; emperor, empress; lad, lass; marquis,
marchioness; master, mistress; negro, negress.
_Ess_ was formerly more common than now. Such words as _editor_ and
_author_ are now frequently used to denote persons of either sex.
+Direction+.--_Give five nouns ending in e r or o r that may be applied to
either sex._
Some words, mostly foreign, have various endings in the feminine.
+Direction+.--Learn the following forms:--
Administrator, administratrix; Augustus, Augusta; beau, belle; Charles,
Charlotte; Cornelius, Cornelia; czar, czarina; don, donna; equestrian,
equestrienne; executor, executrix; Francis, Frances; George, Georgiana;
Henry, Henrietta; hero, heroine; infante, infanta; Jesse, Jessie; Joseph,
Josephine; Julius, Julia _or_ Juliet; landgrave, landgravine; Louis, Louisa
_or_ Louise; Paul, Pauline; signore _or_ signor, siguora; sultan, sultana;
testator, testatrix; widower, widow.
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