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ourself.

The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

pron/(ˌ)aʊə(ɹ)ˈsɛlf//(ˌ)ɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛlf//wɐˈsɛl/Northumbria/wəˈsɛl/Northumbria
  1. The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).

    first-person · pronoun · proscribed · reflexive · sometimes
    In the present study, we will limit ourself to the simplest of cases.
  2. The reflexive of the generic we: oneself.

    first-person · pronoun · proscribed · reflexive · sometimes
    We should love our neighbor as ourself.
  3. Reflexive of "we" referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care.

    colloquial · first-person · form-of · proscribed · reflexive · sometimes
    Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage to wash ourself this morning?
    Well done Timmy! Did we make that model ourself?
  4. The reflexive of we: ourselves.

    first-person · proscribed · sometimes
Where this word comes from

From Middle English oure-selfe; equivalent to our + -self.

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