They

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • pronoun. Used to refer to the ones previously mentioned or implied.
  • pronoun. Usage Problem Used to refer to the one previously mentioned or implied, especially as a substitute for generic he: Every person has rights under the law, but they don't always know them. See Usage Note at he1.
  • pronoun. Used to refer to people in general.
  • pronoun. Used to refer to people in general as seen in a position of authority.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • pronoun. A group of people or objects previously mentioned.
  • pronoun. People; some people; someone, excluding the speaker.
  • determiner. those (used for people)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • preposition. The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • The plural pronoun of the third person. It stands for a plural noun or pronoun preceding, or in place of one not expressed when pointed out by the situation. It is without gender-forms.
  • Poss. their. Of or belonging to them: now always preceding the noun, with the value of an attributive adjective.
  • Poss. theirs. That which belongs to them: always used without the noun, and having the value of a nominative or an objective.
  • Obj. (acc.), them.
  • Obj. (dat.), them.
  • Used for those.
  • A Middle English variant of though.
  • Word Usage
    " When they come back,  they pay the hotel sitter, then ask you to sit down and tell you in their nice voices that Jesus has come and Grandma is gone."
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