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