| adventurer | adventuress |
| bachelor | spinster |
| bee | drone |
| billy-goat | nanny-goat |
| bridegroom | bride |
| cock | hen |
| count | countess |
| duck | drake |
| duke | duchess |
| emperor | empress |
| buck | doe1 |
| executor | executist |
| fiance | fiancee |
| colt | filly |
| fox | vixen |
| giant | giantees |
| goose | gander |
| heir | heiress |
| hero | heroin |
| lion | lioness |
| maid-servant | man-servant |
| marquess | marchioness |
| monk | nun |
| nephew | niece |
| patron | patroness |
| pig | sow |
| priest | priestess |
| ram | ewe |
| shepherd | shepherdess |
| stag | doe2 |
| stallion | mare |
| sultan | sultana |
| testator | testatrix |
| tutor | governess |
| usher | usherette |
| warder | wardress |
| widower | widow |
| wizard | witch |
