she or he

Pronoun

he (third-person singular, masculine, nominative case, oblique him, reflexive himself, possessive his)

1. (masculine, nominative, personal, singular, third-person) A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.
   • That friend of your cousin's, he's on the phone.
2. (masculine, nominative, personal, proscribed, singular, sometimes) They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).
   • The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
3. (masculine, nominative, personal, proscribed, singular, sometimes) It; an animal whose gender is unknown.

   Synonyms:

   it

4. (masculine, nominative, singular, third-person) A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.
   • JUPITER is the largest of all the Planets, his Orbit lies between the Orbits of the Earth and Mars, and at the cast Distance of 426 Millions of Miles from the Sun, he goes round him in 11 Years, 314 Days and 12 Hours; […]1770, A Mathematical Miscellany in Four Parts, 3rd edition, page 125

   Antonyms:

   she, it

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