Her

UK: strong: /ˈhɜː^r/, elided: /ə^r/, weak: /hə^r/

US: /hɝ; unstressed hɚ, ɚ/

US: (hûr; unstressed hər, ər)

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her /hɜr; unstressed hɚ, ɚ/   pron. 

1. the form of the pronoun she, used as a direct or indirect object, or sometimes after the verb be:
   We saw her this morning. I gave her the message.
2. a form of the pronoun she used to show possession or some relation:
   Her coat is on the chair.
   Compare hers.

n. [countable]

3. Slang Terms [Informal.] a female:
   Is the new baby a him or a her?

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

her  (hûr; unstressed hər, ər), pron. 

1. the objective case of she: We saw her this morning. Give this book to her.
2. the possessive case of she (used as an attributive adjective):
   Her coat is the one on the chair. I'm sorry about her leaving.
   Cf. hers.
3. the dative case of she: I gave her the book.
4. Informal Terms (used instead of the pronoun she in the predicate after the verb to be):
   It's her. It isn't her.

n. 

5. Slang Terms a female:
   Is the new baby a her or a him?

• Middle English her(e), Old English hire, genitive and dative of hēo she (feminine of hē he¹) bef. 900

Usage

See he¹, me. 

her., 

1. Heraldry heraldic.
2. Heraldry heraldry.

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her / hɜː (unstressed) hə ə/ pronoun (objective)

1. refers to a female person or animal: he loves her, they sold her a bag, something odd about her, lucky her!
2. refers to things personified as feminine or traditionally to ships and nations
3. 
   a dialect word for herself

determiner

1. of, belonging to, or associated with her: her silly ideas, her hair, her smoking annoys me

Etymology: Old English hire, genitive and dative of hēo she, feminine of hēo he¹; related to Old High German ira, Gothic izōs, Middle Dutch hareUSAGE
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