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hers![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 She \She\, pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. or Hers; obj. Her; pl. nom. They; poss. Theiror 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[imac], 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. [1913 Webster] She loved her children best in every wise. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen. xviii. 15. [1913 Webster] 2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.] [1913 Webster] Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Hers \Hers\ (h[~e]rz), pron. See the Note under Her, pron. [1913 Webster] Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) HERS, pron. His. Matching Word(s) Ers Her Herse Fers Kers Pers Vers Hirs Herb Herd Here herl Hern hero Herr Hert Hery hess hera herb herd here herm herr her Hera ers hes mers Heres
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