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Definition of she noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

she

noun
 
/ʃi/, strong form
 
/ʃiː/
 
/ʃi/, strong form
 
/ʃiː/
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  1. [singular] (informal) a female
    • What a sweet little dog. Is it a he or a she?
  2. she-
     (in compound nouns) a female animal
    • a she-wolf
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: probably a phonetic development of the Old English feminine personal pronoun hēo, hīe.
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