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he

/hi/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
  2. The player attempting to catch the others in this game.
  3. A male.
  4. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
  5. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
  6. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
  7. A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.
  8. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
  9. The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.
  10. (usually reduplicated) An expression of laughter.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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