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her       [hur; unstressed her, er] Pronunciation Key
–pronoun
1.the objective case of she: We saw her this morning. Give this book to her.
2.the possessive case of she (used as an attributive adjective): Her coat is the one on the chair. I'm sorry about her leaving. Compare hers.
3.the dative case of she: I gave her the book.
4.Informal. (used instead of the pronoun she in the predicate after the verb to be): It's her. It isn't her.
–noun
5.Slang. a female: Is the new baby a her or a him?
[Origin: bef. 900; ME her(e), OE hire, gen. and dat. of héo she (fem. of hé he1)]

—Usage note See he1, me.
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her.
1.heraldic.
2.heraldry.
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she       [shee] Pronunciation Key pronoun, singular nominative she, possessive her or hers, objective her; plural nominative they, possessive their or theirs, objective them; noun, plural shes.
–pronoun
1.the female person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that female.
2.the woman: She who listens learns.
3.anything considered, as by personification, to be feminine: spring, with all the memories she conjures up.
–noun
4.a female person or animal.
5.an object or device considered as female or feminine.
[Origin: 1125–75; ME, alter. of OE séo, sīo, sīe, fem. of se the1; r. OE héo, hīo, fem. personal pronoun; see he1, her]

—Usage note See he1, me, they.
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her       (hər, ər; hûr when stressed)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   The possessive form of she.
Used as a modifier before a noun: her boots; her accomplishments.

pron.   The objective case of she.
  1. Used as the direct object of a verb: They saw her at the conference.
  2. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They gave her a round of applause.
  3. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to her.
  4. Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It's her.
  5. Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: She got her a new job. See Note at me.

n.   A female: The dog is a her. See Usage Notes at be, I1.


[Middle English, from Old English hire; see ko- in Indo-European roots.]

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her  (objective case)
O.E. hire, third pers. sing. fem. dat. pronoun, which beginning in 10c. replaced acc. hie (see he). Cognate with O.Fris. hiri, M.Du. hore, Du. haar, O.H.G. iru, Ger. ihr.

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her  (possessive case)
O.E. hire, third pers. sing. fem. gen. form of heo "she."

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Her\, pron. & a. [OE. hire, here, hir, hure, gen. and dat. sing., AS. hire, gen. and dat. sing. of h['e]o she. from the same root as E. he. See He.] 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.

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Her

Her\, Here \Here\, pron. pl. [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of h[=e]. See He.] Of them; their. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

On here bare knees adown they fall. --Chaucer.

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HER
Hercules (constellation)

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