youse

pronoun

variants or yous

(¦)yüz,

yəz,

₋yəs,

(¦)yüs

substandard

: you

—usually used in addressing two or more persons or sometimes one person as representing also another or others

the two of youse

—J. M. Synge

the rest of youse

—J. A. Hetherington

Word History

Etymology

you entry 1 + -s entry 1

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