Etimology
From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.
pronoun
them (third-person, personal pronoun, objective case of they)
(in the plural) Those ones.
(in the singular) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender.
Examples
She treated them for a cold.
She wrote them a letter.
Give it to them.
If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them.
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.
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.
Someone in the crowd around the lifts called sycophantically, ‘Morning, Yaxley!’ Yaxley ignored them.
If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner.
If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them.
Related words
synonyms
em (colloquial)
'em (colloquial)
hem (obsolete)
related terms
their
theirs
themself
themselves
they
us-and-them-ism
determiner
them
(dialectal) plural form of the, unmarked for the deixis that distinguishes proximal these from distal those.
Examples
How would you like a scrummage, Andy, with them Scotchmen that stole your mother's chickens this morning?
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.
"I say it's a shame, Silas Linden, the way them children is treated."
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.
" […] 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."