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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY

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thou

POS

Noun, Pronoun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun thou has 1 sense

thou(n = noun.quantity) 1000, chiliad, g, grand, k, m, one thousand, thousand, yard - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100;

is a kind of large integer

has particulars: millenary

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CIDE DICTIONARY

thou, pron. [OE. thou, , AS. , ; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. , Goth. , Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. √185. Cf. Thee, Thine, Te Deum.].

The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style. [1913 Webster]
" “In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty.”" Skeat. [1913 Webster]

" Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou." [1913 Webster]

"Art thou he that should come?" [1913 Webster]

thou, v. t.

To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt. [1913 Webster]
"If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss." [1913 Webster]

thou, v. i.

To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

thou, pron. (obj. thee; poss. thy or thine; pl. ye or you) second person singular pronoun, now replaced by you except in some formal, liturgical, dialect, and poetic uses.

thou, n. (pl. same or thous) colloq.
1 a thousand.
2 one thousandth.

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