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Those

//ðəʊz// det, pron

Definitions

Determiner
  1. 1
    plural of that form-of, plural

    "Those bolts go with these parts."

Pronoun
  1. 1
    plural of that form-of, plural

    "those who serve [those persons who serve]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English thos (“those”), alteration of tho pl (“the; those”), equivalent to tho (“the; those”) + -s (plural ending), partly by analogy with thes (“these”), whose final -s is original and not a plural ending. More at tho.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thos (“those”), alteration of tho pl (“the; those”), equivalent to tho (“the; those”) + -s (plural ending), partly by analogy with thes (“these”), whose final -s is original and not a plural ending. More at tho.

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