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he/she

[ hee-shee ]

  1. a combined form used as a singular nominative pronoun to denote someone either male or female:

    Each student may begin when he/she is ready.



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Gender Note

Is he gender-neutral? See he 1.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of he/she1

First recorded in 1975–80

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Example Sentences

This is just one voter out of many, naturally, but he/she has enough to say for an army.

Kanye West finally got Kim Kardashian the Vogue cover he/she/they have been waiting for.

But assuming this person knew no details of the probe, what was he/she supposed to do?

The first thing a writer needs to know is what kind of writer he/she is.

Later, when he/she asked LAPD officers where they were the night of the shooting, he/she got no response.

In this book I have used the pronoun "he" for humanity in general, rather than using he/she or similar conventions.

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