she

  • pronoun third person sing. 1 used to refer to a woman, girl, or female animal previously mentioned or easily identified. 2 used to refer to a ship, country, or other inanimate thing regarded as female. 3 any female person (in modern use, now largely replaced by ‘anyone’ or ‘the person’). 4 Austral./NZ informal it; the state of affairs.

  • noun a female; a woman.

  — ORIGIN Old English.

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