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Herself vs Eirself - What's the difference?

herself | eirself | Hyponyms |

Herself is a hyponym of eirself.


As pronouns the difference between herself and eirself

is that herself is (reflexive) her; while eirself is (neologism|reflexive|nonstandard) emself, themself;.

herself

English

Pronoun

  • (reflexive) Her;
  • * , chapter=17
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
  • (emphatic) She;
  • (slang) A self-important female.
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    eirself

    English

    Pronoun

    (head)
  • (neologism, reflexive, nonstandard) emself, themself;
  • * 1999 July 23, "Allover Stripes", "looking for a style", rec.martial-arts.moderated, Usenet :
  • In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and eirself from liability.
  • * 1999 November 30, "excalibor" (username), "USS TITANIA: Preparations for dinner...", in alt.starfleet.rpg, Usenet :
  • Finished with spiritual cleaning, Eir hunger satisfied, Sereah took a quick sonic shower and prepared Eirself for the formal dinner. E wasn't yet used to Eir red command uniform.

    Synonyms

    * (neologism) emself * themself * (neologism) hirself

    Hyponyms

    * himself, herself

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns English third person pronouns