We-uns
//ˈwiːənz// pron
pron ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Pronoun
- 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 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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