English Explanatory Dictionary

herself

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
  2. She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
  3. The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of herself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

/hɜːˈsɛlf/ /(h)əsɛlf/ /æˈsɛl/ /ɐˈsɛl/ /hɝˈsɛlf/ /ɚsɛlf/ en-us-herself.ogg

Word forms

herself she himself itself themself themselves

Etymology

From Middle English. Equivalent to her + -self.

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. Hers

Derived words

every woman for herself
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