His

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Used as a modifier before a noun: his boots; his plans.
  • pronoun. Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to him: If you can't find your hat, take his.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • pronoun. Belonging to him.
  • pronoun. Used erroneously in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in s, to express the possessive case.
  • pronoun. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • pronoun. Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; ; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
  • pronoun. The possessive of he.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • The possessive (genitive) masculine (and formerly also neuter) of he.
  • A perverted form of the genitive inflection -s, -'s, Middle English and early modern English -es, -is (see -es and -s), which was confused with the genitive pronoun his, and became common especially after nouns whose nominatives end in -S.
  • [The use naturally extended to the feminine gender and the plural number:
  • Word Usage
    "That mother had no idea what Bailey had just been through, and his rugged appearance was only his  proud testament to his life at that moment."
    Cross Reference
    hers    her    him    he   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Is    Liz    Ms    Ms.    biz    chandeliers    fizz    is    ms    quiz   
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