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Old Posted Dec 3, 2020, 4:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Acajack View Post
I'd argue that it still does, for the vast majority of people. Not saying you don't think it is, just picking up on your use of the past tense.
I was just trying to mimic the past tense that might be used in a dictionary definition.

Of course, the more traditional definition would just read something like this:

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"He" [pronoun] used to refer a person who is a man or boy, previously mentioned or easily identified.
So, yes, the definition is changing, but the change has not rendered the definition irrelevant, as miliomilo argued.
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