The use of "they" for a singular antecedent of unknown gender has a very long history in English; far newer is the emergence of "they" as a pronoun for a person of known gender who prefers that pronoun over the more traditional "he/she" pair.
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Re: Dictionary usage advice from 1992
Date: 2019-10-09 07:14 pm (UTC)TRiG, who should perhaps acquire a Dreamwidth account.