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Definition of "thou" []

  • Used to indicate the one being addressed, especially in a literary, liturgical, or devotional context. (pronoun)
  • Slang A thousand, especially of dollars. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "thou" in a sentence
  • ""How shouldst thou so utterly desert me, Zorzi -- _thou_, and my people whom I love!""
  • "Tell me now, thou of the gray head, of what art _thou_ thinking? '"
  • "With a wild cry she broke from him, and as bitter tears ran down her cheek, she said, "O Kephalos, Kephalos, why hast thou done thus? all my love was thine, and _thou_ hast drawn me into evil deeds.""