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hisn

hisn pronoun: his.

Pronoun

hisn

  1. (Appalachia, UK, US, dialectal, especially) His.
    • I will not show him this letter of yours, though you seem to desire it, lest it should provoke him to be too severe a schoolmaster, when you are his'n.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...
    • An' every feller felt ez though all Mexico wuz hisn.1848, James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers

Forms of hisn

alternative formhis'n

Origin of hisn

From Middle English hisen, ultimately corresponding to an alteration of his after mine, thine.

Questions about hisn

What does hisn mean?
Hisn means his.
What part of speech is hisn?
Hisn is a pronoun.

Words near hisn in the dictionary

  1. Hisles
  2. Hislop
  3. hislopite
  4. Hislops
  5. Hismaic
  6. hisn
  7. Hispana
  8. Hispania
  9. Hispania Baetica
  10. Hispania Tarraconensis
  11. Hispanian

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