Main Entry: ¹them

Pronunciation: \(th)əm, ˈthem, after p, b, v, f, also ^əm\

Function: pronoun

Date: bef 12th century

objective case of they

1 : they 1 —used as object of a verb or preposition <took them back> <gave it to them>
2 : those —used especially as antecedent to a relative pronoun <the best of them that speak this speech — Shakespeare> —used as the subject of a verb chiefly in nonstandard speech and for humorous effect <them is fighting words>