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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: she + he

s/he

 pronoun
     
s/he written
used in writing when the subject of the sentence can be either male or female:
If any student witnesses a crime, s/he should contact campus police immediately.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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