Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Used as a modifier before a noun.
- pronoun Used as the direct object of a verb.
- pronoun Used as the indirect object of a verb.
- pronoun Used as the object of a preposition.
- pronoun Informal Used as a predicate nominative.
- pronoun Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb.
- pronoun Slang Used in place of it, especially in set expressions.
- noun A female.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See under he.
- An abbreviation of
heraldry .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun
she . - preposition obsolete Of them; their.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- pronoun attributive Belonging to her.
- pronoun The form of
she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The Angstywun has juss cum bak frum a gig taht her frenz wuz playin at..her is a tad less angsty tese days.
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But her neck, where he'd tasted turnips, her little round belly, her ass, her soft round cheeks.
Garden 2010
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Part of her core take on the whole Wright business is that she's glad * her* sermons weren't taped so that someone could extract a 15 second sound bite as an attack.
Race-Tinged Attack Ads Start Flowing From Right In Campaign's Home Stretch 2009
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She may have used this as a way to draw a link between herself, her "humanity," and "what the country needs," but the point is that her emotions - real or feigned - were triggered by a question about * her*.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Campaign Co-Chair Questions Hillary's Tears 2009
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If she had made any convincing arguments I could've changed back to her (note the * back to her*).
Obama Campaign Denies Michigan Co-Chair's Claim That Campaign Opposes Revote 2009
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Obama is not stupid -- With her track record he far better debating her on neutral ground -- Not at one of * her* Town Hall Meetings.
Hillary Invites Obama To Appear With Her At Maine Town Hall Meeting -- Will He Accept? 2009
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In many ways it was vintage Hillary -- talking about herself, her own accomplishments, and how dedicated her supporters are to * her* (the deathbed story).
Hillary: Time To "Write The Next Chapter In America's Story" 2009
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As her heartbeat slows, her mind settles on the same thoughts that have haunted her for weeks: her desire to understand the order and purpose of things, especially the ambiguity of death and the mysterious abyss between matter and spirit.
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She has to know, in her heart, that this is an embarassing bunch of crap that demeans * her* - not Obama.
Hillary Campaign: Obama Plagiarized Speech From Supporter 2009
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Well aware of my actions in connection with the ordination of Larry Lester, she reserved judgment on it deciding that she would take the counsel of my father Alexander (Alec) Henry Wallace who had appeared to her* and told her not to worry as I would be okay.
oroboros commented on the word her
HEr
June 20, 2008