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“he” – English explanatory dictionary

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Example of using - He didn't seem to be really trying..
He is a boy.
He is a boy.
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he doesn't need to know nothin' about this incident.
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He was in the POW camp with Daddy.
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pronoun
referring to a man or boy, and some animals 
○ He’s my brother.
○ He and I met in Oxford Circus.
○ He’s eaten all my pudding.
○ Don’t be frightened of the dog – he won’t hurt you. [ him, his (NOTE: When it is the object he becomes him: He hit the ball, but The ball hit him. When it follows the verb to be, he usually becomes him: Who’s that? – It’s him, the man who borrowed my knife.)
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(he), pron. [nom. He; poss. His (hiz); obj. Him (him); pl. nom. They (tha); poss. Their or Theirs (thârz or tharz); obj. Them (them).] [AS. he, 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. hic this. rad.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. 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.
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Simba faced challenges that shaped his character.

The scentence about “The Lion King”.

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