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their'n

their'n is the alternative form of theirn.

Meaning of theirn

Pronoun

theirn

  1. (Appalachia, East-Midlands, UK, US, dialectal, especially) Theirs.
    • I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their’n1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC

Origin of their'n

Perhaps due to reanalysis of theirn as a shortening of their one or their own.

Questions about their'n

What is their'n the alternative form of?
Their'n is the alternative form of theirn.

Words near their'n in the dictionary

  1. Their Majesties
  2. their nibs
  3. Their Royal Highnesses
  4. Their Royal Majesties
  5. Their Serene Highnesses
  6. their'n
  7. their's
  8. theire
  9. theirn
  10. theirs
  11. theirself

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Adapted from Wiktionary: their'n (page history and authors); theirn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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