They
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They is a pronoun that is the plural of "he" or "she".
The use of the word "they" and other plural forms to refer to a singular person of unknown gender has a long history going back at least as far as Shakespeare (and every one to rest themselves betake - A Comedy of Errors, Act IV: Scene 3). It is also present in the works of Jane Austen and William Makepeace Thackeray.