her

her · pronoun feminine

imported

Definitions

pronoun

  1. 1.

    Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a female person or animal previously mentioned.

  2. 2.

    Belonging to or associated with a female person or animal previously mentioned.

Related words

See also: hers, herself, him, she

Etymology

From Old English "hire," the genitive and dative singular of "hēo" (she), from Proto-Germanic "*hezōi." The possessive determiner and objective pronoun merged into the single form "her" during Middle English, while the nominative became "she."