we's

A form of we — Excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.)

OriginEnglish 's ← Middle English we ← Old English wē →
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Meanings

contraction

alternative we'se

  1. Southern USabbreviationcontractionAfrican-American VernacularContraction of we + is.

    We's gonna eat dat sandwich.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wéy
  2. Proto-Germanic*wīz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wiʀ
  4. Old Englishwē
  5. Middle Englishwe
  6. Englishwe
  7. English's
  8. Englishwe's

From we + 's (contraction of is, has, and was).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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