we-unspron.

Brit.

/ˈwiːənz/, U.S.

/ˈwiənz/

Forms: 1800s– we uns, 1800s– we'uns, 1900s– we-uns.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: we pron., un , one pron.

Etymology: < we pron. + the plural of un, variant of one pron. (see forms at that entry). Compare you-uns pron., we-all pron.you-uns pron., which is recorded earlier and which has parallels in 19th-cent. Scots, may have been the model for we-uns pron. However, compare also Scots us yins (20th cent.: see Sc. National Dict. at yin pronoun, adj.¹).

U.S. regional (southern).

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

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1863 J. J. Geer Beyond Lines 41 What for you 'uns all down here fighting we 'uns fur?

1864 Harper's Mag. Dec. 16/2 ‘What for you uns’, said they, in their barbaric dialect, ‘come down here to fight we uns?’

1865 O. L. Jackson Colonel's Diary (1922) 208 If we 'uns were to go down to Goldbro or Raleigh, do you think we 'uns could get any old creetur?.. A horse or a mule?

1907 H. B. Wright Shepherd of Hills xi. 105 You can get out o' these hills an' be somebody like we'uns.

1907 H. B. Wright Shepherd of Hills xii. 109 He sure talks so we'uns can understand.

1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders xiii. 286 Let's we-uns all go over to youerunses house.

1936 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 45/2 They had we-uns cornered, but they told us to ride, before they started smokin' us up.

1938 C. H. Matschat Suwannee River iii. 53 We-uns'll..light for home.

1956 M. L. Settle O Beulah Land ii. iv. 258 We-uns come out hyar to git away from ruffle shirts..settin up like back East.

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

单词	we-uns
释义	we-unspron. Brit. /ˈwiːənz/, U.S. /ˈwiənz/ Forms: 1800s– we uns, 1800s– we'uns, 1900s– we-uns. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: we pron., un , one pron. Etymology: < we pron. + the plural of un, variant of one pron. (see forms at that entry). Compare you-uns pron., we-all pron.you-uns pron., which is recorded earlier and which has parallels in 19th-cent. Scots, may have been the model for we-uns pron. However, compare also Scots us yins (20th cent.: see Sc. National Dict. at yin pronoun, adj.¹). U.S. regional (southern). First person plural pronoun, subjective and objective: = we pron., us pron. ΚΠ 1863 J. J. Geer Beyond Lines 41 What for you 'uns all down here fighting we 'uns fur? 1864 Harper's Mag. Dec. 16/2 ‘What for you uns’, said they, in their barbaric dialect, ‘come down here to fight we uns?’ 1865 O. L. Jackson Colonel's Diary (1922) 208 If we 'uns were to go down to Goldbro or Raleigh, do you think we 'uns could get any old creetur?.. A horse or a mule? 1907 H. B. Wright Shepherd of Hills xi. 105 You can get out o' these hills an' be somebody like we'uns. 1907 H. B. Wright Shepherd of Hills xii. 109 He sure talks so we'uns can understand. 1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders xiii. 286 Let's we-uns all go over to youerunses house. 1936 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 45/2 They had we-uns cornered, but they told us to ride, before they started smokin' us up. 1938 C. H. Matschat Suwannee River iii. 53 We-uns'll..light for home. 1956 M. L. Settle O Beulah Land ii. iv. 258 We-uns come out hyar to git away from ruffle shirts..settin up like back East. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < pron.1863
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