hes

H4E1S1
/hiːz//hɛz//hɛs/

pronoun

The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied.

“The idea was hes not mine.”

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Meanings

hes1

noun
  1. pluralplural of he

hes2

determiner

alternative he's · alternative his

  1. alternativenonstandarduncommonAlternative form of his when pronounced as he's; belonging to him.

    That's hes house over there.

pronoun

alternative he's · alternative his

  1. alternativenonstandarduncommonAlternative form of his when pronounced as he's; that that belongs to him.

    The idea was hes not mine.

hes3

contraction
  1. alternativecontractioninformalnonstandardAlternative form of he's.

hes4

verb
  1. nonstandardpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of has, representing dialectal English.

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

    1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw

hes5

pronounhes (third-person singular, gender-neutral, nominative case, oblique hirm, reflexive hirmself, possessive hiers)

oblique hirm · reflexive hirmself · possessive hiers

  1. gender neutralneologismnominativesingularthird personThe person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied.

Hes6

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of He

HES7

noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismcommunicationsInitialism of house exchange system.
proper noun
  1. Historic Environment Scotland.

HEs8

noun
  1. pluralplural of HE

Origin

hes · contraction

From he's via a reduction of the apostrophe.

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hes · pronoun

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hes

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Anagrams

shehseeshseh
Cite this entry
APA

hes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hes

MLA

“hes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hes. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hes,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hes.

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