herself

pron

Etymology: From Middle English. Equivalent to her + -self.

1. Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

   “She injured herself.”

   “This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.”

2. She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .

   “She was injured herself.”

3. The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)

   “What's herself up to this time?”

   “Have you seen herself yet this morning?”