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Thou is a way to say you in an older style of English or poetic writing.

(pronoun)

An example of thou is the wording of the biblical Ten Commandments, “Thou shalt not…”.

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pronoun pl. you, ye

Archaic personal pronoun in the second person singular: once used in familiar address, but now replaced by you except in poetic or religious use and in some British dialects: thee is the objective form, thine the possessive, and thyself the intensive and reflexive; thy is the possessive pronominal adjective

Origin: ME < OE thu, akin to Ger du < IE *tu > L & Sans tu

noun pl. thou or thous

Slang thousand

See thou in American Heritage Dictionary 4

pron.

Used to indicate the one being addressed, especially in a literary, liturgical, or devotional context.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English thū, second person nominative sing. personal pron.; see tu- in Indo-European roots

noun
Slang

A thousand, especially of dollars.

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