he
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/hi/
English
Definitions
noun
- 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.βIs your cat a he or a she?β
pronoun
- (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
- (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.βThe rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?β
- (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.
noun
- 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.
interjection
- (usually reduplicated) An expression of laughter.
Related words
Synonyms
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