"he/she" meaning in English

See he/she in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Forms: she [canonical], they [plural]
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  1. He or she; singular of they, used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular. Tags: singular, third-person Synonyms: she/he, s/he, he (alt: s), he or she Related terms: him, her, his Translations (he or she): (keoi⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), (tā/tā) (Chinese Mandarin), (tā/tā) (Chinese Mandarin), TA (tā) [Internet, slang] (Chinese Mandarin), han (Danish), hun (Danish), høn [neologism, uncommon] (Danish), hän (Finnish), iel (French)

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