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themself
[ thuhm-self, them- ]
pronoun
- Nonstandard. themselves ( def ): The teacher introduced themself to the class.
The kids began laughing at themself.
Everyone who got the right answer can congratulate themself.
The teacher introduced themself to the class.
- a reflexive form of singular they, as used to refer to a nonbinary or gender-nonconforming person:
Chris only posts memes that they created themself.
Usage Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of themself1
Example Sentences
No one should resign themself to a lifetime of chronic ill-health.
And when mass was done the king and the queen opened the letters privily by themself.
Then when they beheld the great multitude of people that they had slain, they held themself great sinners.
And in hete of the sonne wery wayfarynge and trauelynge men haue lykynge to have reste and to hele themself in the shadow.
I'm not one o' these kind o' people that'd keep a joke to themself just because the joke was on them.
It's about two merry, sensible girls who found themself obliged to earn their own living.
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