themself

Meaning

Pronoun

• The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition .
• Synonym of themselves.

Related

Similar words

• themselves
• theirself, theirselves
• himself, herself
• thonself
• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

Origin

• From Middle English theimself. Equivalent to them + -self. Reinforced by analogy with the singular-plural distinction between yourself and yourselves.