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2 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]: He \He\ (h[=e]), pron. [nom. {He}; poss. {His} (h[i^]z); obj. {Him} (h[i^]m); pl nom. {They} ([th][=a]); poss. {Their} or {Theirs} ([th][^a]rz or [th][=a]rz); obj. {Them} ([th][e^]m).] [AS. h?, masc., he['o], fem., hit, neut.; pl h[=i], or hie, hig; akin to Ofries hi D. hij, OS he hi G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this hina, accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his this [root]183. Cf {It}.] 1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated. Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. --Gen. iii. 16. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve. --Deut. x. 20. 2. Any one the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov. xiii. 20. 3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively. --Chaucer. I stand to answer thee, Or any he the proudest of thy sort. --Shak. Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to he is of common gender. In early English, he referred to a feminine or neuter noun or to one in the plural, as well as to noun in the masculine singular. In composition, he denotes a male animal; as a he-goat.