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she (s̸hē)

pronoun pl. they

  1. the woman, girl, or female animal (or, sometimes, the thing regarded as female) previously mentioned: feminine personal pronoun in the third person singular: she is the nominative form, her the objective, hers the possessive, and herself the reflexive and intensive; her is the possessive pronominal adjective
  2. : used occasionally as an alternative to the generic he every child needs to feel that she is loved
    1. the person; the one; anyone
    2. the person just mentioned

Etymology: ME sche, scho, prob. developed (infl. by OE seo, fem. def. article) < OE hēo, she

noun pl. shes

a woman, girl, or female animal

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she Synonyms

she

pron.

this one, this girl, this woman, that girl, that woman, this female animal, that female animal; see also girl 1, 2, 3, woman 1, 2, 3.


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she quotes

She who must be obeyed.

-Haggard, Sir (Henry) Rider

   The great She-elephant, the great She-who-must-be- obeyed, the Catherine the Great of Finchley.

-Healey, Denis Winston Healey, Baron

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