■ pronoun [ third person singular ]
1》 used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a female person or animal previously mentioned.
↘referring to a ship, country, or ot~ inanimate thing regarded as female.
2》 archaic or N. Amer. dialect ~self.
■ possessive determiner
1》 belonging to or associated with a female person or animal previously mentioned.
2》 ( Her ) used in titles.
Phrases
~ indoors Brit. informal, humorous one's wife.
Origin
OE hire , genitive and dative of hīo , hēo 'she'.
Usage
Is it incorrect to say I am older than ~ (rat~ than I am older than she )? For a discussion of this issue, see usage at than .