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the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun) The people previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the people are also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.
            
 
            
              "They’ve hurt themselves."
            
          
            
              °The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the person is also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.
            
            
              
            
        
          synonyms:
          themself, himself, herself