hisn

Or his'n

[hiz-uhn]

pronoun

Nonstandard.

1. his.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hisn¹

1350–1400; Middle English hysene; hern ²

Example Sentences

“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.”

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“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.”

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“Mah britches is just as long as his. But dat wife uh hisn! Ah’m uh son of uh Combunction if Ah don’t go tuh Georgy and git me one just like her.”

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The site was known to the Arabs as ‘Ayin esh shems, “the fountain of the sun,” more recently as Tel Hisn.

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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.

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