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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

They

/(t͟hā)/ · IPA /ˈðeɪ̯/
01 pron. pl. The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an an…
  1. 1.
    The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
    “Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And casten hem [them] full early for to sail.” Chaucer.
    They of Italy salute you.” — Heb. xiii. 24.
    “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.” — Matt. v. 6.