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Found 4 hits - Term: they, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
she \she\, pron. sing. nom. she; poss. her. or hers; obj.
   her; pl. nom. they; poss. theiror theirs; obj.
   them. oe. she, sche, scheo, scho, as. se'o, fem. of the
   definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. os.
   siu, d. zij, g. sie, ohg. siu, simac, si, icel. s=u,
   sj=a, goth. si she, s=o, fem. article, russ. siia, fem.,
   this, gr. ?, fem. article, skr. s=a, sy=a. 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.
      1913 webster

            she loved her children best in every wise.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            then sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --gen.
                                                  xviii. 15.
      1913 webster

   2. a woman; a female; -- used substantively. r.
      1913 webster

            lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: 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.
         1913 webster
see also:
she her hers they their theirs 
them 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
they \they\ th=a, pron. pl.; poss. theirs; obj. them.
   icel. thorneir they, properly nom. pl. masc. of s=a,
   s=u, thornat, a demonstrative pronoun, akin to the
   english definite article, as. s=e, se'o, ethaet, nom.
   pl. eth=a. see that.
   the plural of he, she, or it. they is never used adjectively,
   but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to
   persons without an antecedent expressed.
   1913 webster

         jolif and glad they went unto here their rest
         and casten hem them full early for to sail.
                                                  --chaucer.
   1913 webster

         they of italy salute you.                --heb. xiii.
                                                  24.
   1913 webster

         blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
         righteousness.                           --matt. v. 6.
   1913 webster

   note: they is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man,
         and as the french use on; as, they say french on dit,
         that is, it is said by persons not specified.
         1913 webster
see also:
theirs them that 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
he \he\ h=e, pron. nom. he; poss. his hi^z; obj.
   him hi^m; pl. nom. they th=a; poss. their or
   theirs th^arz or th=arz; obj. them
   the^m. as. h=e, masc., he'o, fem., hit, neut.;
   pl. himac, 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. 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.
      1913 webster

            thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
            rule over thee.                       --gen. iii.
                                                  16.
      1913 webster

            thou shalt fear the lord thy god; him shalt thou
            serve.                                --deut. x. 20.
      1913 webster

   2. any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and
      usually followed by a relative pronoun.
      1913 webster

            he that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --prov.
                                                  xiii. 20.
      1913 webster

   3. man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used
      substantively. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            i stand to answer thee,
            or any he, the proudest of thy sort.  --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster
see also:
he his him they their theirs 
them it 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 moby thesaurus words for "they":
   i, i myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, bureaucracy,
   directorate, ego, ethical self, he, her, herself, hierarchy,
   higher echelons, higher-ups, him, himself, inner man, inner self,
   it, management, me, ministry, my humble self, myself, number one,
   officialdom, oneself, other self, ourselves, prelacy, ruling class,
   ruling classes, self, she, subconscious self, subliminal self,
   superego, the establishment, the administration, the authorities,
   the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite,
   the power structure, the top, them, themselves, top brass, you,
   yours truly, yourself, yourselves





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Baldwin: They...
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Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | They can't see why they are hated
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,551036,00.html, score=92, date indexed=February 1, 2006, 7:45 pm

They Thought They Were Free
...... here before they went as far as they did; they didn't, but they might ... They Thought They.          Were Free.                 by  Milton  ... ..
http://www.thirdreich.net/Thought_They_Were_Free.html, score=91, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 3:59 am

They Drew Fire
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http://www.pbs.org/theydrewfire/, score=91, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 6:41 pm

How do they do that with HTML?
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meat.rtf
...They are indeed made out of meat. And they've been trying to get in ... They're born meat and they die meat. We studied them for several of ... ..
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