HE He, pron. [nom. He; poss. His; obj. Him; pl. nom. They; poss. Their or Theirs (; obj. Them.] Etym: [AS. h, masc., heó, fem., hit, neut.; pl. hi, 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. sq. root183. 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.
-HEAD -head, suffix.
Defn: A variant of -hood.
HEAD
Head, n. Etym: [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. heáfod; akin to D. hoofd,
OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. höfu, Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth.
haubip. The word does not corresponds regularly to L. caput head (cf.
E. Chief, Cadet, Capital), and its origin is unknown.]
1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.
2. The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.