him

Etymology

From Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic *himmai (“to this, to this one”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian him (“him”), West Frisian him (“him”), Sylt North Frisian ham, höm (“him”), Dutch hem (“him”), German Low German hum, hüm, em (“him”), German ihm (“him”, dative).

pron

1. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
   1. With dative effect or as an indirect object.
      […]therfoꝛ Chꝛiſt wold not call him abominable / But the verye abomination it ſilf. 1529, John Frith, A piſtle to the Chriſten reader[…]
   2. Following a preposition.
   3. With accusative effect or as a direct object.
2. (colloquial) As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
   Now him and Bernie are best friends.
   Released a [statement] warning that him and 25,000 troops were going to stage a coup.
3. (now rare) Used reflexively: (to) himself.
   Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; … But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The traveller, or, A prospect of society
4. With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.
   Lowe quit the West Wing last year amid rumours that he was unhappy that his co-stars earned more than him. 11 Jun 2003, Claire Cozens, The Guardian

noun

1. (informal) A male person or animal.
   I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
   […] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […] 1985, Hélène Cixous, Sorties (translated)
   Both hims took a good look at him. 2004, Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons: A Novel
   By this time, she had so many questions, but she only hit him up for one answer about those “hims” and “hers.” She asked, “Do both hims and hers reproduce hummers?” 2004, Charles J. Sullivan, Love and Survival, page 68
2. (slang) A person of elevated skill at a sport/activity/game.
   Stop trying that, you're not him bro.