her

¹

[hur, her, er]

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.

3. the dative case of she.

   I gave her the book.

4. Informal.,  (used instead of the pronoun she in the predicate after the verbto be ).

   It's her. It isn't her.

noun

1. Slang.,  a female.

   Is the new baby a her or a him?

her.

²

abbreviation

1. heraldic.

2. heraldry.

her

¹

/ hɜː, hə, ə /

pronoun

1. refers to a female person or animal

   he loves her

   they sold her a bag

   something odd about her

   lucky her!

2. refers to things personified as feminine or traditionally to ships and nations

3. a dialect word for herself

   she needs to get her a better job

determiner

1. of, belonging to, or associated with her

   her silly ideas

   her hair

   her smoking annoys me

her.

²

abbreviation

1. heraldic

2. heraldry

Gender Note

See he ¹, me.

Word History and Origins

Origin of her¹

before 900; Middle English her ( e ), Old English hire, genitive and dative of hēo she (feminine of hē he ¹ )

Word History and Origins

Origin of her¹

Old English hire, genitive and dative of hēo _she , feminine of hēo _he ¹ ; related to Old High German ira, Gothic izōs, Middle Dutch hare

Example Sentences

Looking to see if anyone loses focus when a mother walks by and starts yelling at her daughter, the answer is incredibly no.

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But her plan ran into strong headwinds in a party where patronage is rampant.

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Because of his age, Lamees Hammad added, her husband assumed he would work as a driver or a cook; she insisted he repeatedly confirmed with Alexandrovna that he wouldn’t serve on the front line.

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The Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group, sued on behalf of a Colorado counselor and argued that the state is “censoring” her speech.

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Her mom, Joelle, had caught “Gilmore Girls” every now and then when it was airing, and she introduced it to her daughter years later, watching it more intently with her new viewing partner.

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