his
determiner
1. Belonging to him. [from 8th c.]
2. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) [11th-17th c.]
3. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. [from 11th c.]
- Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
pronoun
1. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
- The decision was his to live with.