him

him · pronoun masculine

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Definitions

pronoun

  1. 1.

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

  2. 2.

    Used after the verb "to be" in informal contexts.

Related words

See also: he, her, himself, his

Etymology

From Old English "him," the dative singular of "hē" (he), from Proto-Germanic "*himmai." The Old English dative form displaced the accusative "hine" during the Middle English period, becoming the general objective case form.