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her's

her's is the obsolete form of hers.

her's is the contraction of her.

Meaning of hers

Pronoun

hers (plural hers)

  1. That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.
    • That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.
  2. (informal) Her house or home.
    • Let's go over to hers.

Meaning of her

Determiner

her

  1. Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
    • This is her book
  2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).
    • Begin by having students choose a short poem to memorize; they will enjoy searching the library for a poem that appeals to them. If a student wishes to memorize her poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system.2017, David Yellin, Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts, page 115

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Pronoun capitalized: Her's

Her's

  1. (alternative, nonstandard) Alternative form of Hers.

Origin of her's

From Middle English hires, equivalent to her + -'s (possessive marker).

From her + 's (contraction of is).

Questions about her's

What is her's the obsolete form of?
Her's is the obsolete form of hers.
What part of speech is her's?
Her's is a pronoun.

Words near her's in the dictionary

  1. her nibs
  2. Her Royal Highness
  3. Her Royal Majesty
  4. Her Serene Highness
  5. her'n
  6. her's
  7. HER-2
  8. HER2
  9. hera
  10. herabol myrrh
  11. Herachandra

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Adapted from Wiktionary: her's (page history and authors); Her's (page history and authors); hers (page history and authors); her (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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