ourself
Meaning
- (first-person, pronoun, reflexive) The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).
- (first-person, pronoun, reflexive) The reflexive of the generic we: oneself.
- (colloquial, first-person, form-of, reflexive) Reflexive of "we" referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care.
- (first-person) The reflexive of we: ourselves.
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aʊə(ɹ)ˈsɛlf/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English oure-selfe; equivalent to our + -self.
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