hern

[ hurn ]

/ hɜrn /

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noun Dialect.

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Words nearby hern

Hermod, Hermon, Hermosa Beach, Hermosillo, Hermoupolis, hern, Hernández, Herndon, Herne, hernia, herniate

Other definitions for hern (2 of 2)

hern²

or her'n

[ hurn, hur-uhn ]

/ hɜrn, ˈhɜr ən /

pronoun Nonstandard.

hers (def. 2).

Origin of hern

Middle English hiren; by association with my, mine, thy, thine, etc.

How to use hern in a sentence

Dr. Hern has had people shoot through his office door and threaten the life of his very elderly mother.
‘After Tiller’ Profiles Last Four U.S. Doctors Who Do Late-Term Abortions|Marlow Stern|July 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In vulgar parlance this book is not your own or our own, but "yourn" or "ourn," or it may be "hisn" or "hern."
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
But, just the same, whenever I seen him put his haid clost to hern, it shore got under my skin.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
She pulled her hoss down to a standstill; and them long eye-winkers of hern lifted straight up into the air, she was so surprised.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates

When the hern or bitron flies low, the air is gross, and thickening into showers.
Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853|Various
The thirteenth name upon that list of dead was the name of Bernadine, Count von Hern.
The Double Four|E. Phillips Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for hern

hern

/ (hɜːn) /

noun

an archaic or dialect word for heron

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