We-uns

//ˈwiːənz// pron

pron ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Pronoun
  1. 1
    We. Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US

    "“We-uns hev all been a-gittin' married round hyar lately. Whar's that purty wife o' yourn?”"

  2. 2
    Us. (Compare us'uns.) Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US

    "Then he come back to we-uns laughin'; sed the Yank offered him twenty dollars a month to go home to Maine with him, an' went on like a preacher […]"

Example

More examples

"“We-uns hev all been a-gittin' married round hyar lately. Whar's that purty wife o' yourn?”"

Etymology

From we + uns, a form of ones representing an older pronunciation of it.

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