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yere

/jiəɹ/

yere pronoun: your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye. Also the obsolete spelling of year.

Pronoun

yere (possessive)

  1. (Ireland, possessive) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
    • What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […]2001, Martin McDonagh, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8
    • The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012

Also used as

yere is also the obsolete spelling of year.

Forms of yere

pluralyeres

Origin of yere

From ye analogous to your<you.

Words that rhyme with yere

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about yere

What does yere mean?
Yere means your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye.
What part of speech is yere?
Yere is a pronoun.
How do you pronounce yere?
Yere is pronounced /jiəɹ/.

Words near yere in the dictionary

  1. yerded
  2. yerding
  3. Yerdon
  4. Yerdons
  5. yerds
  6. yere
  7. Yeremei
  8. Yeremey
  9. yeremeyevite
  10. Yeremian
  11. Yeremians

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