pronoun pl. they

1. the man, boy, or male animal (or, sometimes, the thing regarded as male) previously mentioned: masculine personal pronoun in the third person singular: he is the nominative form, him the objective, his the possessive, and himself the reflexive and intensive; his is the possessive pronominal adjective
2. the person; the one; anyone he who laughs last laughs best
3. the person just mentioned: used following such antecedents as everyone, somebody, or no one[everyone ran just as fast as he could]

Etymology: OE (where it contrasts with heo, she, hie, they < same base) < IE *ko-, kȇ-, this one > here, hither, L cis, on this side: orig. a demonstrative

noun pl. hes