Himself

//hɪmˈsɛlf// pron

Definitions

Pronoun
  1. 1
    Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject masculine, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third-person

    "He injured himself."

  2. 2
    Honorific alternative letter-case form of himself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. alt-of, honorific
  3. 3
    He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate emphatic, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person

    "He was injured himself."

  4. 4
    The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself. Ireland, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person

    "Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres."

  5. 5
    The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others) Ireland, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person

    "Has himself come down to breakfast yet?"

Etymology

From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self.

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