hir

Examples

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• S/he moved away from the house, hir nostrils flaring, trying to catch a scent in the air.

  Fiction book (2000)

• S/he awoke and sat up in hir bed, then glanced at the chronometer.

  Fiction book (2000)

• S/he stepped quietly into the room, allowing hir catlike eyes to adjust to the dimness, and padded over to the bed.

  Fiction book (2000)

• For instance, that two-year-old with a life-threatening infection should be able to refuse the antibiotics that will save hir life because, you know, we have to respect hir right to say NO!!!

  Blog text (8)

• I've never heard of a faculty member who's had to make hir own arrangements from a hospital bed about how ze's going to get hir classes covered after suffering an MCI, a major accident, a stroke, etc.

  Blog text (2)

• I've never heard of a faculty member who's had to make hir own arrangements from a hospital bed about how ze's going to get hir classes covered after suffering an MCI, a major accident, a stroke, etc.

  Blog text (2)

• Xyon is reading a novel, and hir favorite character is a brave heroine.

• The teacher praised the student for producing hir best work.

• When hir friends arrived, they cheered and hugged hir excitedly.

Synonyms

T

them

vshir

1 1.0

Used to talk about people, animals or things, and about one person when gender is not known

refers specifically to a single person rather than groups

T

they/them (pronoun)

vshir

2.0

People use this word to refer to one person without saying their gender

is used only as an object form replacing male or female object pronouns

Surface Forms

Etymology