
| Our (Our) (?), possessive pron. [AS. ¿re our, of us; akin to ¿s us, to us, and to G. unser our, of us, Goth. unsara. root/186 See Us.] Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See I. "The Lord is our defense." Ps. lxxxix. 18. ^ When the noun is not expressed, ours is used in the same way as hers for her, yours for your, etc.; as, whose house is that? It is ours. "Our wills are ours, we known not how." Tennyson. |
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