Our Definition

our

adjective

Used as a modifier before a noun.

Our accomplishments; our hometown.

American Heritage

Of, belonging to, made by, or done by us.

Webster's New World

pronoun

Belonging to us.

Wiktionary

Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.

Wiktionary

(Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.

I'm going to see our Terry for tea.

Wiktionary

noun

Eye dialect spelling of hour.

Wiktionary

Origin of Our

From Middle English oure, from Old English Å«re, Å«ser (“our"), from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our"), from Proto-Indo-European *no-s-ero- (“our"). Cognate with West Frisian ús (“our"), Low German uns (“our"), Dutch onze (“our"), German unser (“our"), Danish vor (“our").

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English ūre nes-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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