Yall

you-all (yo?o?ôl?) or y’all (yôl)pron. Chiefly Southern US You. Used in addressing two or more people or referring to two or more people, one of whom is addressed. See Note at y’all, you-uns.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.you-all pron a US, esp Southern, word for you, used esp when addressing more than one person Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014you-all (yu??l, y?l) pron. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. (used in direct address to two or more people, or to one person who represents a family, organization, etc.): You-all come back now, hear? [1815?25, Amer.] usage: See you. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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