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third-person, personal pronoun, objective case of they
(in the plural) Those ones.
Used as the direct object of a verb. examples
Used as the indirect object of a verb. examples
Used as the object of a preposition. examples
(in the singular) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender.
Used as the direct object of a verb. quotations examples
If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, […] [t]hen shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Deuteronomy 17:2–5
Place the casualty on their back with feet and legs raised—this is called the shock position. [emphasis in original] Once the casualty is positioned, cover them to preserve body heat, but do not overheat.
2006, St. John Ambulance, First on the Scene: Student Reference Guide, Lesson 2, page 3
Someone in the crowd around the lifts called sycophantically, ‘Morning, Yaxley!’ Yaxley ignored them.
2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, London: Bloomsbury, 2008, page 270
(dialectal) Those. quotations examples
How would you like a scrummage, Andy, with them Scotchmen that stole your mother's chickens this morning?
1835, John Pendleton Kennedy, Horse Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency
The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; / Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul. / An' all them joys o' life I 'eld so sweet / Is up the pole.
1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of the Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13
"I say it's a shame, Silas Linden, the way them children is treated."
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
America you don’t really want to go to war.America it's them bad Russians.Them Russians them Russians and them Chinamen. And them Russians.
1956, Allen Ginsberg, “America”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, page 33
" […] Them two wild horses ain't fit to ride, and I been wonderin' how I was goin' to get you out of this place before them Spanish maybe circle back and finish the job."
2005, Elmer Kelton, Sons of Texas, Tor/Forge, page 111