HER

Etymology

Determiner

her

Belonging to her (belonging to that female, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

Pronoun

her

The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.

Noun

her (plural hers)

(informal) A female person or animal.

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Synonyms

• she

Anagrams

• EHR, Ehr, HRE, reh

Pronoun

Her

Honorific alternative letter-case form of her, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Anagrams

• EHR, Ehr, HRE, reh

Source: Wiktionary


Her, pron. & a. Etym: [OE. hire, here, hir, hure, gen. and dat. sing., AS. hire, gen. and dat. sing. of héo she. from the same root as E. he. See He.]

Definition: 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.

Her, Here (, pron. pl. Etym: [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of he. See He.]

Definition: Of them; their. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. On here bare knees adown they fall. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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