himselves

English

Etymology

From him +‎ -selves.

Pronoun

himselves

1. (reflexive, nonstandard) Him; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self.

   Coordinate term: herselves

   • 2005, Tom Holt, Earth, Air, Fire and Custard, London: Orbit Books, →ISBN, pages 173–174:

     It was infuriating, because Carpenter was only ninety or two hundred and seventy degrees away, but without the right gadgetry or guaranteed stone-cold reliable method of cheating (damn Mr Tanner's mum to goblin hell for taking the bloody thing from him, just when he really, really needed it) he had no hope whatsoever of establishing contact between himselves.

   • 2013 August 21, “Why is the man behind the Silk Road drugs website speaking to the press?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-10-07:

     Mr D P Roberts, however, describes himself or himselves as a radical libertarian revolutionary and a "centre of trust" for all Silk Road's otherwise decentralised operations.

   • 2014, Doug Sacrison, The Gelatin Coast, →ISBN, page 348:

     When Clayton Stern entered the Hall of Mirrors he saw a number of himselves sneering back at him.