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ourn

ourn pronoun: ours.

Pronoun

ourn

  1. (Appalachia, especially, obsolete outside UK and US dialects) Ours.
    • ‘You see,’ continued he, ‘my wife wanted a new bar-skin petticoat, and Sal, that gal of our’n, kept pesterin me ’bout some bar’s ile to slick her har with, (as the fellers didn’t like to see her mommock her head with taller,) so as how I couldn’t rest.’1849 November 10, The Spirit of the Times, New York, page 542, column 3
    • “Supposin',” continued Ward, “that we let two o' your men an' two o' ourn under Mr. Divine, shin up them cliffs back o' the cove an' search fer water an' a site fer camp—the rest o' us'll have our hands full with the salvage.”1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC

Forms of ourn

alternative formour'n

Origin of ourn

From Middle English ourn, ouren, from Old English ūrne and similar forms. Compare mine, thine; also compare and see hern. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, ours, which see for more.

Questions about ourn

What does ourn mean?
Ourn means ours.
What part of speech is ourn?
Ourn is a pronoun.

Words near ourn in the dictionary

  1. ouricury wax
  2. ourie
  3. Ourimbah
  4. ourisia
  5. ourisias
  6. ourn
  7. Ournie
  8. Ouro Preto
  9. ouroboric
  10. ouroboroi
  11. ouroboros

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