hers

• her's (now nonstandard)

From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her +‎ -s (compare -'s).[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːz/, unstressed IPA^(key): /əz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝz/, unstressed IPA^(key): /ɚz/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z

hers

1. That which belongs to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.]
   • 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin 1999, p. 335:

     The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her's […], depended on the testimony she should give.

   • 2019, Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian, 31 August:

     The rest of us, meanwhile, would do well to accept that one woman’s choice is just that; hers and hers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged.

hers

1. plural of her

• EHRs, H. Res., H.Res., HSer, RSeH, Resh, Sher, ersh, rehs, resh

hers

1. indefinite genitive singular of her

hers

1. Alternative form of hires (“hers”)

hers

1. Alternative form of heres (“theirs”)

hers

1. Alternative form of ars (“anus; buttocks”)

hers

1. Alternative form of hereth: third-person singular present of heren (“to hear”)
2. Alternative form of heren: plural present of heren (“to hear”)