Thesaurus: she
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.
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Definitions
- obj. 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.
- obj. A woman; a female; -- used substantively.
- 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. Note: 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.
- p:100 obj. 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. obj. A woman; a female; -- used substantively.