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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: She \She\, pron. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hers \Hers\ (h[~e]rz), pron. See the Note under {Her}, pron. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: HERS, pron. His
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