she Meaning, Definition & Usage

She pronoun
Etymology
OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. seó, fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, si, si, Icel. s&umac;, sja, Goth. si she, s&omac;, fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. , fem. article, Skr. sa, sya. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See Her.
Wordforms
singular nominative She; possessive Her or Hers ; objective Her; plural nominative They ; possessive Their or Theirs ; objective Them
Definitions
  1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.
    She loved her children best in every wise. Chaucer.
    Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. Gen. xviii. 15.
  2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. R.
    Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. Shak.
    She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she-cat.

Webster 1913