ou

Noun

(plural ous)

A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.

Origin

From Hawaiian ʻōʻū

Noun

(plural ous or ouens)

(South Africa) A fellow, guy, bloke.

Origin

From Afrikaans ou, probably from Dutch ouwe (“old man”)

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Forschungen (Vienna, 1870); C. Hopf, Chroniques greco-romaines inedites ou peu connues (Berlin, 18 73); H.
Hecquard, Histoire et description de la Haute Albanie ou Guegarie (Paris, undated); S.
The elders (Anciens, commis, ou deputez par la seigneurie on consistoire) were regarded as the essential part of the system.
Groen van Prinsterer, Archives ou correspondance ine'dite de la maison d'0range, P serie (9 vols., 1841-1861); Poullet et Piot, Correspondance du cardinal Granvelle (12 vols., 1879-1899); J.
Gregory initiated the policy of establish ing an equilibrium between the parties, which was carried ou by his successor Nicholas III.

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