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her

 
 
strong /hɜːr/ weak /r/, /ər/ pronoun

Definition

FEMALE used after a verb or preposition to refer to someone female who has already been talked about: Where's Kath - have you seen her?
COUNTRY/SHIP used to refer to a country or ship: God bless HMS Victoria and all who sail in her.
(Definition of her pronoun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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