"him/herself" meaning in English

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Pronoun

Forms: herself [canonical], themselves [plural]
Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|third person||singular||plural|themselves}} herself (third person, singular, plural themselves)
  1. Himself or herself; singular of themselves, used as a reflexive and gender-neutral reference to the third-person singular. Tags: singular, third-person
    Sense id: en-him/herself-en-pron-uLbYfDck Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns

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