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And she, that sweet young lady, she--she was there too; and now when I look at this Tarboe, the brother of that man, and see her and know what I know--sacre!"

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  1. pronoun Used to refer to the woman or girl previously mentioned or implied. See Usage Note at I1.
  2. pronoun Used to refer to a female animal.
  3. pronoun Used in place of it to refer to certain inanimate things, such as ships and nations, traditionally perceived as female: "The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female” (Anne Sexton).
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  • She began to wonder whether she was alone with Ross—whether the other man was gone. —  The Girl in the Cellar - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 32: 1961
  • Heretofore she was only welcome if the man wanted her, and if he no longer wanted her she was again cast out. —  Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June"
  • Jessica's elopement, in itself and its circumstances, puts us to the alternative that either she is a bad child, or Shylock a bad father. —  Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I.
  • The coroner stared at her coldly, and told her she was an unsatisfactory witness. —  Enter A Murderer - Ngaio Marsh - Roderick Alleyn 02: 1935
  • He wondered what she was reading and whether she was absorbed or whether she wanted, as he did, company. —  Martha Grimes - The Old Silent
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  1. Middle English, probably alteration of Old English sēo, feminine demonstrative pron.; see so- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English she, sche, sheo, schee, sho, scho, in the earliest form of this type, scæ (in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle), she, pron. 3d person feminine, taking the place of Anglo-Saxon heó, Middle English he, ho, she, but in form irreg. from Anglo-Saxon seó = Old Saxon siu = Dutch zij- Middle Low German sē, Low German se = Old High German siu, si, Middle High German sie, si, German sie = Icelandic sū, sjā = Goth, sō, the, feminine of the def. art., AS, se = Icel, sā = Gothic (Moesogothic) sa, the, orig. a demonstrative pron. meaning ‘that’; = Russ, = siia (feminine of sei), this, = Greek ἡ, feminine of ὁ, the, = Sanskrit sā, she, feminine of sas, he, from √ sa, that, distinct from √ ki, later English he, etc. The change from Anglo-Saxon seó to Middle English sche, scho, etc., was irreg., and due to some confusion with heo, Middle English he, ho, the reg. feminine pron. of 3d person feminine of he, he: see he, her.
 

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