Meanings
pronoun
alternative their'n
- AppalachiaEast MidlandsUKUSdialectalespeciallyTheirs.First known use 15th c.
I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their’n
1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC1 more example
“Nothin,” Dilsey said. “You tend to yo business en let de whitefolks tend to deir'n.”
1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Origin
- Middle Englishtheiren
- Englishtheirn
From Middle English theiren, compare hern. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, theirs, which see for more.
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APA
theirn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theirn
MLA
“theirn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theirn. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “theirn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theirn.
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