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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
She \She\, pronoun [sing. nom. {She}; poss. {Her}. or {Hers}; obj. {Her}; pl. nom. {They}; poss. {Their}or {Theirs}; obj. {Them}.] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. se['o], fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[=i], si, Icel. s[=u], sj[=a], Goth. si she, s[=o], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. ?, fem. article, Skr. s[=a], sy[=a]. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See {Her}.]
1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.
She loved her children best in every wise. --Chaucer.
Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen. xviii. 15.
2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.]
Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak.
Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she-cat.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Her \Her\, pronoun & a. [OE. hire, here, hir, hure, gen. and dat. sing., AS. hire, gen. and dat. sing. of h['e]o she. from the same root as E. he. See {He}.] The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.
Note: The possessive her takes the form hers when the noun with which in agrees is not given, but implied. ''And what his fortune wanted, hers could mend.'' --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Her \Her\, Here \Here\, pronoun pl. [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of h[=e]. See {He}.] Of them; their. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
On here bare knees adown they fall. --Chaucer.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "her": I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, ego, ethical self, female, female being, he, herself, him, himself, inner man, inner self, it, me, my humble self, myself, number one, oneself, other self, ourselves, self, she, subconscious self, subliminal self, superego, them, themselves, they, you, yours truly, yourself, yourselves
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