What does "eirself" mean?

A gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, equivalent to themself and coordinate with himself or herself.

What is a synonym for "eirself"?

Common synonyms include: emself, hirself, themself.

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A gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, equivalent to themself and coordinate with himself or herself. nonstandard, rare, reflexive
"In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and eirself from liability."

"In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and eirself from liability."

From eir + -self, in pattern of hisself and herself (construed as formed from adjectival her), or by dropping th from theirself.

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