■ possessive determiner
1》 belonging to or associated with a male person or animal previously mentioned.
↘belonging to or associated with a person or animal of unspecified sex (in modern use chiefly replaced by ‘~ or her’ or ‘their’).
2》 ( His ) used in titles.
■ possessive pronoun used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with a male person or animal previously mentioned.
Origin
OE, genitive singular form of he , hē 'he' and hit 'it'.