Dictionary
nat'ural gen'der
Gram.
gender based on the sex or, for neuter, the lack of sex of the referent of a noun, as English
girl (feminine) is referred to by the feminine pronoun
she, boy (masculine) by the masculine pronoun
he, and
table (neuter) by the neuter pronoun
it.Cf.
grammatical gender. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.