ourn
See also: our'n
English
Alternative forms
- our'n
Etymology
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.
Pronoun
ourn
- (obsolete outside Britain and US dialects, especially Appalachia) Ours.
- 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, All-Story Cavalier Weekly:
- “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.”
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Related terms
- hisn, his'n
- hern, her'n
- yourn, your'n
- theirn, their'n
References
- “ourn”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
- roun, roun'
Middle English
Pronoun
ourn
- Alternative form of ouren