their's

A form of theirs — That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.

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Meanings

pronoun
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of theirs.

    Irish ladies have feet very pretty, / English ladies have their's very small; / French ladies' are dressish and natty, / Chinese ladies have no feet at all.

    1867, Joseph Edwards Carpenter, The Entertainers' Song Book, page 80
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    Colonel Middleton was dismounted amongst the king's forces, of whom one, taking him for a commander of their's, mounted him again, and bid him make haste, and kill a roundhead; and so he escaped.

    1720, Daniel Defoe, Memoirs of a Cavalier, published 1840, page 331

    “Forward, the Light Brigade!” / Was there a man dismay’d? / Not tho’ the soldier knew / Some one had blunder’d: / Their’s not to make reply, / Their’s not to reason why, / Their’s but to do and die, / Into the valley of Death / Rode the six hundred.

    1855, Alfred Tennyson, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, in Maud, and Other Poems, new edition, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 6, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 162
  2. misspellingMisspelling of theirs.

    But however many the families number, their’s is the republic, the power and the glory, and for ever and ever they mean to keep it.

    1962, Nicholas Wollaston, “El Salvador”, in Red Rumba: A Journey through the Caribbean and Central America, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →OCLC, page 107
contraction
  1. contractionmisspellingMisspelling of there's.
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APA

their's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/their's

MLA

“their's.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/their's. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “their's,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/their's.

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