'Her' definitions:

Definition of 'Her'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • On here bare knees adown they fall. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Her'

From: GCIDE
  • Her \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. Her

Definition of 'Her'

From: GCIDE
  • She \She\, pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. or Hers; obj. Her; pl. nom. They; poss. Theiror Theirs; obj. Them.] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. se['o], fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[imac], si, Icel. s[=u], sj[=a], Goth. si she, s[=o], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. ?, fem. article, Skr. s[=a], sy[=a]. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See Her.]
  • 1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of. [1913 Webster]
  • She loved her children best in every wise. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen. xviii. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she-cat. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Her'

From: GCIDE
  • She \She\, pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. or Hers; obj. Her; pl. nom. They; poss. Theiror Theirs; obj. Them.] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. se['o], fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[imac], si, Icel. s[=u], sj[=a], Goth. si she, s[=o], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. ?, fem. article, Skr. s[=a], sy[=a]. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See Her.]
  • 1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of. [1913 Webster]
  • She loved her children best in every wise. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen. xviii. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she-cat. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'her'

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