"herselves" meaning in English

See herselves in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Etymology: From her + -selves. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|her|-selves}} her + -selves Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} herselves, {{en-pron}} herselves
  1. (reflexive, nonstandard) Her; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self. Tags: nonstandard, reflexive

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