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He pron. (nominative he, possessive his, objective him, plural nominative they, plural possessive their or theirs, plural objective them)

The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated. "Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." "Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve."

Any one; the man or person; used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun. "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise."

Man; a male; any male person; in this sense used substantively. "I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of thy sort." Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is of common gender. In early English, he referred to a feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as well as to noun in the masculine singular. In composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.

noun

He n. (Chem.) The chemical symbol for helium.

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... Charles and he made a journey to Rouen together to look at some tombs at a funeral furnisher's, accompanied by an artist, one Vaufrylard, a friend of Bridoux's, who made puns all the time. At last, after having examined some hundred ...

— Madame Bovary • Gustave Flaubert

... Francisco Pizarro. He stood by and listened while a native described a mighty potentate, many days to the south, who reigned over the mountains and the sea, who was rich in gold, and who possessed a four-footed beast of burden, the only one yet encountered, which was taken at first for a camel. ...

— Lectures on Modern history • Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton

... the Soplicas, not to like anything except their own country.) Orlowski, who spent his life in St. Petersburg, a famous painter (I have some of his sketches in my desk), dwelt close by the Emperor, in his court, as in paradise; and, Count, you cannot believe how homesick he was, he loved constantly to call to mind the days of his youth; he glorified everything ...

— Pan Tadeusz • Adam Mickiewicz

... Perion began to speak with an odd purpose, because his reason was bedrugged by the beauty and purity of Melicent, and perhaps a little by the slow and clutching music to whose progress the chorus of Theban virgins was dancing. When he had made an end of harsh whispering, Melicent sat for a while in scrupulous appraisement of the rushes. The music was so sweet it seemed to Perion he must go mad unless she spoke within ...

— Domnei • James Branch Cabell et al

... he gave you the deceas'd, Through greater took him hence; This reason fully could evince, Though murmur'd at ...

— The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 • Edward Young

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