Category:They

They, pron. pl.; poss. Theirs; obj. Them. Etym: [icel. þeir they, Properly nom. pl. masc. of sa, su, þat, a demonstrative pronoun, akin To the english definite article, as. se, seó, edhæt, nom. pl. edha. See that.]

Defn: the plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, But always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons Without an antecedent expressed. Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest and casten hem [them] Full early for to sail. Chaucer. They of italy salute you. Heb. xiii. 24. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness. Matt. v. 6.

Note: they is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man, and as The french use on; as, they say (french on dit), that is, it is said By persons not specified.