'Hers' definitions:
Definition of 'Hers'
From: GCIDE
- Hers \Hers\ (h[~e]rz), pron. See the Note under Her, pron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hers'
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]