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Hes

//hiːz// contraction, det, name, noun, pron, verb, slang

Definitions

Contraction
  1. 1
    Alternative form of he's. alt-of, alternative, contraction, informal, nonstandard
Determiner
  1. 1
    Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; belonging to him. alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, uncommon

    "That's hes house over there."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of He form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Historic Environment Scotland.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of he form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Initialism of house exchange system. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    plural of HE form-of, plural
Pronoun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied. gender-neutral, neologism, nominative, singular, third-person
Verb
  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of has, representing dialectal English. alt-of, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling

    "Jennie! Jennie! come an’ tell me thet the long-lost claim hes come back to Old Jack!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From he's via a reduction of the apostrophe.

Etymology 2

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

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