English

Alternative forms

• we'uns

Pronoun

we-uns

1. (US regional) We; us.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 16:

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

   • 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:

     ‘We'uns was sittin under a tree over to the cannin factory just a little while ago, eatin our dinner, when this here stranger rode up.’

Related terms

• you-uns, youuns