Category:She

She, pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. ( or hers (obj. Her; pl. Nom. They; poss. Their or theirs (obj. Them.] Etym: [oe. she, sche, Scheo, scho, as. seó, fem. of the definite article, originally a Demonstrative pronoun; cf. Os. siu, d. zij, g. sie, ohg. siu, si, si, Icel. su, sja, goth. si she, so, fem. article, russ. siia, fem., This, gr. sa, sya. 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. She loved her children best in every wise. Chaucer. Then sarah denied,. . . for she was afraid. Gen. xviii. 15.

2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [r.] Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. Shak.

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.