zeEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishze /ziː / ▸ pronoun [third person singular] used instead of ‘he’ or ‘she’ to refer to a person of unspecified or non-binary gender: I understood exactly what ze meant. – ORIGIN mid 19th century (in an isolated use): from Z1 (chosen as representing a sound not used in other pronouns) + -e as in he or she.