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pronoun

He pron. (nominative he, possessive his, objective him, plural nominative they, plural possessive their or theirs, plural objective them)

The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated. "Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." "Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve."

Any one; the man or person; used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun. "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise."

Man; a male; any male person; in this sense used substantively. "I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of thy sort." Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is of common gender. In early English, he referred to a feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as well as to noun in the masculine singular. In composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.

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He n. (Chem.) The chemical symbol for helium.

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"He" Quotes from Famous Books

... for they used to play bo-peep there as children, and was about to whisper through it, when suddenly the door at the other end opened, and Frank Muller entered, bearing the lantern in his hand. For a moment he stood on the threshold, opening the slide of the lantern in order to increase the light. His hat was off, and he wore a cape of dark cloth thrown over his shoulders, which seemed to add to his great breadth. Indeed the thought flashed through the mind of Jess as she ...

— Jess • H. Rider Haggard

... been back to the old town twice since the day I left it, as a boy—about this time. The first time I went he was there. I came across him in his big, splendid new library, his face like some live, but wrinkled old parchment, twinkling and human though—looking out from its Dust Heap. "It seems to me," I thought, as I stood in the doorway,—saw him edging around an alcove in The Syriac Department,—"that ...

— The Lost Art of Reading • Gerald Stanley Lee

... have sent a line before now to thank you for your Calderon, had I not waited for some tidings of Donne from Mowbray, to whom I wrote some days ago. Not hearing from him, I suppose that he is out holyday-making somewhere; and therefore I will delay ...

— Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes - Vol. II • Edward FitzGerald

... country, then, was right when he said, in his farewell address to the American nation, that religion and morality are the "props" of society, and the "pillars" of the State. Let us, then, rest assured that the best way to check the torrent of infidelity ...

— Public School Education • Michael Mueller

... "Miss Rutledge of New York" and the other by "A. Carleton Heathcroft of London." Miss Rutledge we had not seen at all. Our table steward informed us that the lady was "hindisposed" and confined to her room. She was an actress, he added. Hephzy, whose New England training had imbued her with the conviction that all people connected with the stage must be highly undesirable as acquaintances, was quite satisfied. "Of course I'm sorry she isn't well," she confided to me "but I'm awfully glad she won't be at our table. ...

— Kent Knowles: Quahaug • Joseph C. Lincoln

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