“she” – English explanatory dictionary

pron referring to a female person, a female animal and sometimes to cars, ships and countries ○ She’s my sister. ○ She and I are going on holiday to France together. ○ I’m angry with her – she’s taken my motorbike. ○ She’s a sweet little cat, but she’s no good at catching mice. ○ The customs officers boarded the ship when she docked. (NOTE: When it is the object, she becomes her: She hit the ball or The ball hit her. When it follows the verb to be, she usually becomes her: Who’s that? – It’s her, the girl we met yesterday.)

pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. or Hers ; obj. Her; pl. nom. They poss. Their or Theirs ; obj. Them ] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. seó, fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, si, si, Icel. su, sja, Goth. si she, so, fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. , fem. article, Skr. sa, sya. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See Her.]
1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of. “She loved her children best in every wise.” Chaucer. “Then Sarah denied, … for she was afraid.” Gen. xviii. 15.
2. A woman; a female; — used substantively. [R.] “Lady, you are the cruelest she alive.” Shak. She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as a she-bear; a she-cat.