2 The majority of nouns indicating occupation have the same form:
2 The majority of nouns indicating occupation have the same form:
Artist, driver, guide, assistant, dancer and doctor... etc.
Main exceptions:
Actor: actress, host: hostess
Conductor: conductress, manager: manageress
Heir: Heiress, steward: stewardess
hero: heroine, waiter: waitress
Also salesman, saleswoman etc., but sometimes -person is used instead of –man,-woman: salesperson, spokesperson.
Domestic animals and many of the larger wild animals have different forms:
Bull: cow, duck: drake, ram: ewe, stallion: mare
cock: hen, gander: goose, stag: doe, tiger: tigress
dog: bitch, lion: lioness
Others have the same form.