# ourself

> English word · Pronoun · IPA /(ˌ)aʊə(ɹ)ˈsɛlf/ · frequency rank #50,710

## Definitions
1. The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).
2. The reflexive of the generic we: oneself.
3. Reflexive of "we" referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care.
4. The reflexive of we: ourselves.

## Etymology
From Middle English oure-selfe; equivalent to our + -self.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ourself