hisn

American  

[hiz-uhn] / ˈhɪz ən /

Or his'n

pronoun

Nonstandard.

1. his.

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Etymology

Origin of hisn

1350–1400; Middle English hysene; hern ²

Example Sentences

“Ah often wonder how dat lil wife uh hisn makes out wid him, ’cause he’s uh man dat changes everything, but nothin’ don’t change him.”

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

“He knowed they time was coming, like that pointer done. He could tell you when hisn coming, if he could talk. Or yours. Or mine.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

But, say, you ain't any kin to the late Mr. Swaim, who never seen that land of hisn, I reckon?

From The Reclaimers by McCarter, Margaret Hill

Billy, he smiled kinda wistful and begun to brush the alkali offen that ole Stetson of hisn, turnin’ it ’round and ’round like he was worried.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor

The carriage was hisn, and it had steps to let down, and curtains and all; they don't use it much now he's dead.

From Solomon by Woolson, Constance Fenimore