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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

... is something so different. The love of God seems to have dried him up. He's not a human ...

— The Visioning • Susan Glaspell

... the Actaeon, the Captain came on board, and we lay to for some time, while a boat was despatched to that vessel for a Russian flag, and when it arrived we steamed on again. Another salute was fired as we passed the Russian admiral, which he was so long in returning, that it was supposed they did not think our boat worth replying to. However, it came at last, with a bad grace, ...

— Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 • John Auldjo

... coldness, some resentment at his lack of attention to her, or implied jealousy at his devotion to another, he could have understood it. But there was nothing of the kind. In those eyes, which he believed the most beautiful in the world, there was nothing but a glad light at seeing him, a bright smile of recognition in which he could ...

— Katrine • Elinor Macartney Lane

... a short time. The day went by with cruel alternations of hope and fear; all three ran to the window at the least sound, and gave way to every sort of conjecture. While the family were thus grieving, Philippe was quietly getting matters in order at his office. He had the audacity to give in his accounts with a statement that, fearing some accident, he had retained eleven hundred francs at his own house for safe keeping. The scoundrel left the office at five o'clock, taking five hundred francs more ...

— The Two Brothers • Honore de Balzac

... Timar had smuggled the treasures which were intended for me from under my nose, and also the girl I should have married, the fair little savage who had grown up for me on the desolate island. Of her too Timar must needs defraud me, for he could not be happy with the wife whose father he had killed; he must needs have a mistress as well. Fy! Herr Timar. So it was for that you sent me to ...

— Timar's Two Worlds • Mr Jkai

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