Her Definition
hər, ər; hûr when stressed
adjective
Used as a modifier before a noun.
Her boots; her accomplishments.
American Heritage
Of, belonging to, made by, or done by her.
Her Majesty.
Webster's New World
pronoun
Used as the direct object of a verb.
They saw her at the conference.
American Heritage
She [help her]
Webster's New World
Used as the indirect object of a verb.
They gave her a round of applause.
American Heritage
Used as the object of a preposition.
This letter is addressed to her.
American Heritage
Used as a predicate nominative.
It's her.
American Heritage
noun
A female.
The dog is a her.
American Heritage
(oncology) Receptor which is the target for the drug trastuzumab in chemotherapy.
Wiktionary
abbreviation
Heraldry.
Webster's New World
Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2
Wiktionary
Origin of Her
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From Proto-Germanic *hezōi. Cognate with Dutch haar, Middle Low German er(e) and North Frisian hör.
From Wiktionary
HER-2 is so-named because it has similar structure to human epidermal growth factor receptor, or HER.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English hire ko- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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