English Explanatory Dictionary

hers

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.
  2. Her house or home.
noun
  1. plural of her
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of hers, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɜːz/ /əz/ /ˈhɔːz/ /ˈhɝz/ /ɚz/ en-us-hers.ogg

Word forms

hers her's

Etymology

From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her + -s (compare -'s).

Related words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. Herself

Derived words

of hers
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