hern

¹ American  

[hurn] / hɜrn /

noun

Dialect.

1. heron.

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hern ² American  

[hurn, hur-uhn] / hɜrn, ˈhɜr ən /

Or her'n

pronoun

Nonstandard.

1. hers.

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hern British  

/ hɜːn /

noun

1. an archaic or dialect word for heron

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Etymology

Origin of hern

Middle English hiren; by association with my, mine, thy, thine, etc.

Example Sentences

The class struggle went on even in the haunts of coot and hern, and what was worse, very few of the local coots seemed to care.

From Time Magazine Archive

Little boys bite little girls; men hear seals barking in the middle of the night; shapeless women spring into rooms crying, "I come from haunts of coot and hern."

From Time Magazine Archive

She pulled her hoss down to a standstill; and them long eye-winkers of hern lifted straight up into the air, she was so surprised.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor

But I never approved of her actions, and I wished as I stood there by that piller of hern that I could gin her a real good talkin’ to.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta

She came forward and greeted me with great cordiality and gin the hand I extended a warm grasp, and I hern visey versey, and sez she: “I am glad to see you, Josiah Allen’s wife.”

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta