we-allpron.

Brit.

/ˈwiːɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈwiɔl/, Caribbean English

/ˈwiːal/

Forms: 1800s– we-all, 1800s– we all, 1800s– we-alls (rare).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: we pron., all adj.

Etymology: < we pron. + all adj. Compare you-all pron., we-uns pron.

U.S. regional (chiefly south Midland and southern) and (formerly) Caribbean.

First person plural pronoun, subjective and objective: = we pron., us pron.

ΚΠ

1835 R. R. Madden Twelvemonth's Resid. W. Indies II. xxix. 153 Magistrate come to me and yeerie de complaints; him tell we all de law.

1839 J. A. Thome & J. H. Kimball Emancipation W. Indies (ed. 2) i. 50 His reply was, ‘Massa, we went to church, and tank de Lord for make a we all free.’

1856 K. E. R. Pickard Kidnapped & Ransomed (ed. 3) xiii. 116 Bless my life! if dar aint Mass'r! Hi! we all's so glad see Missus, we done forget Mass'r gwine come too!

1875 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 23 Nov. (1917) I. xv. 268 We-all send love to you-all.

1897 A. H. Lewis Wolfville 81 First we-alls knows, these yere Britons would be runnin' cimmaron in the hills.

1905 A. V. Culbertson Banjo Talks 25 Ter do lak we-all in de pas'.

1926 E. M. Roberts Time of Man vii. 266 His wife was young..and we-all made a jolly set.

1949 Chicago Tribune 27 Feb. vii. 6/6 Did we-all see Smokey hold?

1964 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Aug. 62/2 Soul brother, Negro; also referred to as..we-all,..the people.

1965 J. M. Brewer Worser Days 180 When we say, ‘You-all come down’, Or, ‘We-all shall be lonely’, We mean a dozen folks, perhaps, And not one person only.

1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 313 Therefore the Rome meeting was arranged, by when we-all would have camped through Portugal and back across Spain.

Derivatives

ˈwe-all's adj. and pron. now rare (a) adj. our; (b) pron. ours.

ΚΠ

1857 ‘M. Harland’ Moss-side xv. 241 You and Miss Annie stans pretty nigh together in we-all's hearts—don't dey, Sultan?

1887 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 475/1 O Lawd, 'lighten we-all's unnerstandin's.

1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 67 ‘That house is we all's’ means that the house belongs to all of us.

1905 A. V. Culbertson Banjo Talks 160 Bin settin' yer..lak dis, So I be sut'n dat I doan' miss De train dat teck me back ter we-all's place.

1920 M. C. Oemler Purple Heights 340 They weren't, they couldn't be, ‘we-all's folks’ as the Carolina cat had been.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	we-all
释义	we-allpron. Brit. /ˈwiːɔːl/, U.S. /ˈwiɔl/, Caribbean English /ˈwiːal/ Forms: 1800s– we-all, 1800s– we all, 1800s– we-alls (rare). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: we pron., all adj. Etymology: < we pron. + all adj. Compare you-all pron., we-uns pron. U.S. regional (chiefly south Midland and southern) and (formerly) Caribbean. First person plural pronoun, subjective and objective: = we pron., us pron. ΚΠ 1835 R. R. Madden Twelvemonth's Resid. W. Indies II. xxix. 153 Magistrate come to me and yeerie de complaints; him tell we all de law. 1839 J. A. Thome & J. H. Kimball Emancipation W. Indies (ed. 2) i. 50 His reply was, ‘Massa, we went to church, and tank de Lord for make a we all free.’ 1856 K. E. R. Pickard Kidnapped & Ransomed (ed. 3) xiii. 116 Bless my life! if dar aint Mass'r! Hi! we all's so glad see Missus, we done forget Mass'r gwine come too! 1875 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 23 Nov. (1917) I. xv. 268 We-all send love to you-all. 1897 A. H. Lewis Wolfville 81 First we-alls knows, these yere Britons would be runnin' cimmaron in the hills. 1905 A. V. Culbertson Banjo Talks 25 Ter do lak we-all in de pas'. 1926 E. M. Roberts Time of Man vii. 266 His wife was young..and we-all made a jolly set. 1949 Chicago Tribune 27 Feb. vii. 6/6 Did we-all see Smokey hold? 1964 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Aug. 62/2 Soul brother, Negro; also referred to as..we-all,..the people. 1965 J. M. Brewer Worser Days 180 When we say, ‘You-all come down’, Or, ‘We-all shall be lonely’, We mean a dozen folks, perhaps, And not one person only. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 313 Therefore the Rome meeting was arranged, by when we-all would have camped through Portugal and back across Spain. Derivatives ˈwe-all's adj. and pron. now rare (a) adj. our; (b) pron. ours. ΚΠ 1857 ‘M. Harland’ Moss-side xv. 241 You and Miss Annie stans pretty nigh together in we-all's hearts—don't dey, Sultan? 1887 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 475/1 O Lawd, 'lighten we-all's unnerstandin's. 1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 67 ‘That house is we all's’ means that the house belongs to all of us. 1905 A. V. Culbertson Banjo Talks 160 Bin settin' yer..lak dis, So I be sut'n dat I doan' miss De train dat teck me back ter we-all's place. 1920 M. C. Oemler Purple Heights 340 They weren't, they couldn't be, ‘we-all's folks’ as the Carolina cat had been. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < pron.1835
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