him

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   oblique singular masculine object pronoun

   I thought of him fondly.

2. 2
   pron

   A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.

   […]therfoꝛ Chꝛiſt wold not call him abominable / But the verye abomination it ſilf.

3. 3
   pron

   As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.

   Now him and Bernie are best friends.

4. 4
   pron

   Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).

   Who was there? —Him.

5. 5
   pron

   Used reflexively: (to) himself.

   Apon a daye apoynted, the kynge arayed hym in royall apparell, and set hym in his seate, and made an oracion unto them.

6. 6
   pron

   With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.

   Before my body, I throw my warlike Shield: Lay on Macduffe, And damn'd be him, that first cries hold, enough.

7. 7
   pron

   A person of elevated skill at a sport, game, or other activity.

   Stop trying that, you're not him bro.

8. 8
   noun

   A male person or animal.

   I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.

Etymology

From Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic *himmai (“to this, to this one”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian him (“him”), West Frisian him (“him”), Sylt North Frisian ham, höm (“him”), Dutch hem (“him”), German Low German hum, hüm, em (“him”), German ihm (“him”, dative).