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SHE
Etymology 1
Pronoun
She
Honorific alternative letter-case form of she, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Etymology 2
Noun
She (plural She)
An ethnic group in southern China.
A language of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken by the She people.
Anagrams
• EH&S, EHS, Esh, HSE, ehs, esh, he's, hes, hse
Etymology
Pronoun
she third-person singular, feminine, nominative case (accusative and possessive her, possessive hers, reflexive herself)
(personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
(personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat.
(personal, dated, sometimes affectionate, old-fashioned) A country, or sometimes a city, province, planet, etc.
(personal, affectionate or poetic, old-fashioned) Any machine or thing, such as a car, a computer, or (poetically) a season.
(personal, nonstandard) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun).
Usage notes
• Since at least the 1920s and 30s, some gay or queer men refer to other gay or queer men and/or themselves with she/her pronouns, as well as with other feminine terms such as Miss and girl, to signal their sexuality rather than their gender identity; this has sometimes been termed "the gay she"
Determiner
she
(African-American Vernacular) synonym of her
Noun
she (plural shes)
A female.
Anagrams
• EH&S, EHS, Esh, HSE, ehs, esh, he's, hes, hse
Noun
SHE (plural SHEs)
Initialism of standard hydrogen electrode.
Anagrams
• EH&S, EHS, Esh, HSE, ehs, esh, he's, hes, hse
Source: Wiktionary
She, pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. ( or Hers (; obj. Her; pl. nom. They; poss. Their or Theirs (; obj. Them.] Etym: [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. seĆ³, fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, si, si, Icel. su, sja, Goth. si she, so, fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. sa, sya. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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