he

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   the nominative singular masculine pronoun

   He took a look in the mirror.

2. 2
   pron

   A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.

   That friend of your cousin's, he's on the phone.

3. 3
   pron

   They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).

   The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?

4. 4
   pron

   A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.

   JUPITER is the largest of all the Planets, his Orbit lies between the Orbits of the Earth and Mars, and at the cast Distance of 426 Millions of Miles from the Sun, he goes round him in 11 Years, 314 Days and 12 Hours; […]

5. 5
   noun

   A male.

   Is your cat a he or a she?

6. 6
   noun

   The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

   The same number in the Hebrew mysteries and Cabalistical accounts was the character of Generation; declared by the Letter He, the fifth in their Alphabet.

7. 7
   intj

   An expression of laughter.

   (more common)

8. 8
   pron

   Honorific alternative letter-case form of he, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

   I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy.

Etymology

From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).