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hes.

The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

pron/hɛs/
  1. The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied.

    gender-neutral · neologism · nominative · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

A mixture of she and he. Coined by Ching Hai in 1990s.

noun
  1. plural of he

    form-of · plural
det/hiːz/
  1. Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; belonging to him.

    alt-of · alternative · nonstandard · uncommon
    That's hes house over there.
pron/hiːz/
  1. Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; that that belongs to him.

    alt-of · alternative · nonstandard · uncommon
    The idea was hes not mine.
contraction/hiːz/
  1. Alternative form of he's.

    alt-of · alternative · contraction · informal · nonstandard
Where this word comes from

From he's via a reduction of the apostrophe.

verb/hɛz/
  1. Pronunciation spelling of has, representing dialectal English.

    alt-of · nonstandard · pronunciation-spelling
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