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Definition of they in English   Syllabification: (they)
Pronunciation: /T͟Hā/ Translate they | into French | into German
| into Italian | into Spanish   [third person plural]   • 1used
to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or
easily identified:the two men could get life sentences if they
are convicted   • people in general:the rest, as they say, is
history   • informal a group of people in authority regarded
collectively:they cut my water off   • 2 [singular] used to
refer to a person of unspecified sex:ask someone if they could
help   Middle English: from Old Norse their, nominative plural
masculine of ; related to them and their, also to that and the
1 The word they (with its counterparts them, their, and
themselves) as a singular pronoun to refer to a person of
unspecified sex has been used since at least the 16th century.
In the late 20th century, as the traditional use of he to refer
to a person of either sex came unde