Thou (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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pronoun, singular, nominative thou;possessive thy or thine;objective thee;plural, nominative you or ye;possessive your or yours;objective you or ye.
  1. the second person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to modern you (used to denote the person or thing addressed): Thou shalt not kill.
  2. (used by Quakers) a familiar form of address of the second person singular: Thou needn’t apologize.
verb (used with object)
  1. to address as “thou,” especially during an era of historical English when “thou” was distinguished as an informal form of you: It would have been scandalous for household staff to thou the lord of the manor.
verb (used without object)
  1. to use “thou” in discourse: There are still Quakers who thou as a matter of custom.
noun, plural thous, (as after a numeral) thou.Slang.
  1. one thousand dollars, pounds, etc.
pronoun (subjective)
  1. refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior
  2. refers to God when addressed in prayer, etc
noun plural thous or thou
  1. one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre
  2. informal short for thousand
Thou (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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