Sentence:  A<small>ND</small> turning for tor the moment from National to local affairs, we note there is a chimpanzee of the female <WSD>persuasion</WSD> out at Lincoln Park, of whom it is said that she can do everything but talk. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature.