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Our
Our Our (our), possessive pron. [AS. [=u]re our, of us; akin to [=u]s us, to us, and to G. unser our, of us, Goth. unsara. [root]186. See {Us}.] Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See {I}. [1913 Webster]

The Lord is our defense. --Ps. lxxxix. 18. [1913 Webster]

Note: When the noun is not expressed, ours is used in the same way as hers for her, yours for your, etc.; as, whose house is that? It is ours. [1913 Webster]

Our wills are ours, we know not how. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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