her

det

1. Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

   “This is her book”

   “Prodigal in everything, summer spreads her blessings with lavish unconcern, and waving her magic wand across the landscape of the world, she bids the sons of men to enter in [...]”

   “Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.”

   “On top of the circle she wrote her name, Louise, just above where the 12 on a clock would be.”

   “On 24 April Nelson rejoined his ship, her battle damage repaired […]”

2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).

   “Begin by having students choose a short poem to memorize; they will enjoy searching the library for a poem that appeals to them. If a student wishes to memorize her poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system.”

pron

1. The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.

   “Give it to her (after preposition)”

   “He wrote her a letter (indirect object)”

   “He treated her for a cold (direct object)”

   “Him and her went for a walk (with a conjunction; proscribed)”

   “Her's a bosting wench! (as a subject wihout a conjunction; dialectal)”

2. (alt-of, honorific)Honorific alternative letter-case form of her, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

   “It is certain that Juan Diego was a virtuous man, who tried to direct his life along the road of righteousness, of honesty, of virtue, and to make all that pleased God bloom, who was chosen by the Mother of God Herself to be Her [i.e. the mother's] messenger.”

noun

1. (informal)A female person or animal.

   “I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.”

   “[…] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […]”

   “By this time, she had so many questions, but she only hit him up for one answer about those “hims” and “hers.” She asked, “Do both hims and hers reproduce hummers?””

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Hercules.