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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024her /hɜr; unstressed hɚ, ɚ/USA pronunciation pron. - the form of the pronoun she, used as a direct or indirect object, or sometimes after the verb be:We saw her this morning. I gave her the message.
- a form of the pronoun she used to show possession or some relation:Her coat is on the chair.Compare hers.
n. [countable] - Slang Terms[Informal.]a female:Is the new baby a him or a her?
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024her (hûr; unstressed hər, ər),USA pronunciation pron. - the objective case of she: We saw her this morning. Give this book to her.
- the possessive case of she (used as an attributive adjective):Her coat is the one on the chair. I'm sorry about her leaving.Cf. hers.
- the dative case of she: I gave her the book.
- Informal Terms(used instead of the pronoun she in the predicate after the verb to be):It's her. It isn't her.
n. - Slang Termsa female:Is the new baby a her or a him?
- Middle English her(e), Old English hire, genitive and dative of hēo she (feminine of hē he1) bef. 900
her., - Heraldryheraldic.
- Heraldryheraldry.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: her /hɜː; (unstressed) hə; ə/ pron (objective)- refers to a female person or animal: he loves her, they sold her a bag, something odd about her, lucky her!
- refers to things personified as feminine or traditionally to ships and nations
determiner - of, belonging to, or associated with her: her silly ideas, her hair, her smoking annoys me
Etymology: Old English hire, genitive and dative of hēo she, feminine of hēo he1; related to Old High German ira, Gothic izōs, Middle Dutch hareUSAGE me1 |