1. used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition: "do you understand me?"
▪ used after the verb “to be” and after “than” or “as”: "hi, it's me"
▪ to or for myself: informalNorth American"I've got me a job"
2. used in exclamations:informal"dear me!"
Word OriginOld Englishmē, accusative and dative of I2, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mij, German mir (dative), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin me, Greek (e)me, and Sanskrit mā.