a pronoun such as it used as the subject of a clause involving weather, distance, or time

(linguistics) A verb used only in the infinitive or in the third person. In the third person, the subject is either implied or a dummy.

plural of impersonal verb

plural of impersonal subject

(performing arts) A male entertainer who performs cross-dressed as a woman.

(grammar) A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence Er wordt gefloten ("[Someone] whistled"). Also known as pseudopassive.

plural of impersonal passive