\He\ (h[=e]), pron. [nom. {He}; poss. {His} (h[i^]z); obj.
{Him} (h[i^]m); pl. nom. {They} ([th][=a]); poss. {Their} or
{Theirs} ([th][^a]rz or [th][=a]rz); obj. {Them}
([th][e^]m).] [AS. h?, masc., he['o], fem., hit, neut.; pl.
h[=i], or hie, hig; akin to Ofries. hi, D. hij, OS. he, hi,
G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina, accus.
masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his this.
[root]183. Cf. {It}.]
1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the
   masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a
   pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a
   specified subject already indicated.
         Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
         rule over thee.                       --Gen. iii.
                                               16.
         Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou
         serve.                                --Deut. x. 20.
2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and
   usually followed by a relative pronoun.
         He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov.
                                               xiii. 20.
3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used
   substantively. --Chaucer.
         I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of
         thy sort.                             --Shak.
Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is
      of common gender. In early English, he referred to a
      feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as
      well as to noun in the masculine singular. In
      composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.