pronoun pl. they

1. the woman, girl, or female animal (or, sometimes, the thing regarded as female) previously mentioned: feminine personal pronoun in the third person singular: she is the nominative form, her the objective, hers the possessive, and herself the reflexive and intensive; her is the possessive pronominal adjective
2. : used occasionally as an alternative to the generic he every child needs to feel that she is loved
   1. the person; the one; anyone
   2. the person just mentioned

Etymology: ME sche, scho, prob. developed (infl. by OE seo, fem. def. article) < OE hēo, she

noun pl. shes