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personal pronoun

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The definition of a personal pronoun is a pronoun in a sentence or phrase that refers to a specific person or object.

(noun)

An example of a personal pronoun is the word "he" in the sentence, "He went on a hike."

See personal pronoun in Webster's New World College Dictionary

any of a group of pronouns referring to the speaker(s), the person(s) spoken to, or any other person(s) or thing(s)

See personal pronoun in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A pronoun designating the person speaking (I, me, we, us), the person spoken to (you), or the person or thing spoken about (he, she, it, they, him, her, them).

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