Meanings
her's1
- obsoleteObsolete form of hers.
But who could resist the seductions of a grace like her’s?
1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book VI. The manners and character of the Italians.] Chap[ter] I.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume II, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 341 more example
[…] as Mrs. Collins had settled it with her husband that the office of introduction should be her’s, it was performed in a proper manner, without any of those apologies and thanks which he would have thought necessary.
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 64
her's2
- abbreviationcontractionnonstandardContraction of her + is.
Her’s not a bloke, you don’t have to flirt.
2011, Dot May Dunn, “Tuesday, 12th April”, in Bread, Jam and a Borrowed Pram: A Nurse’s Story from the Streets, London: Orion Books, →ISBN, page 2842 more examples
‘Ye won’t let she hurt her, will ye? Ye can beat me if ye will,’ she went on, going boldly up to the enemy, ‘but kit niver broke no windows, nor nothin’, an’ her’s a very good little cat.’
1875 November, “A Winter Story”, in The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, volume XX (New Series), part CXIX, London: Mozley and Smith, […], →OCLC, section XIV, page 461Her name is Tildy Crawford. Her’s a very good friend o’ mine.
1988, Sara Fraser, chapter 3, in Tildy: Pointing Woman, Long Preston, North Yorkshire: Magna Large Print Books, published February 1995, →ISBN, page 45
Her's3
- alternativenonstandardAlternative form of Hers.
Origin
her's · pronoun
- Middle Englishhires
- Englishher's
From Middle English hires, equivalent to her + -'s (possessive marker).
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