We-uns

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: en, /ˈwiːənz/

Alternative forms

• we'uns

Origin

From we + plural form of a variant of one.

Full definition of we-uns

Pronoun

1. (US, Midwestern US and Appalachia) 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
• they-uns

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