u.s.

Noun
US[yoo-es]/ˌjuˈɛs/2 syllables
Synonyms: United States governmentUnited StatesU.S. governmentUS GovernmentUnited States of AmericaAmericathe StatesUSUSAU.S.A.merica

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Noun (2)

  1. the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United StatesSynonyms: United States governmentUnited StatesU.S. governmentUS GovernmentType of federal governmentMembers executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch
  2. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776Synonyms: United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmericathe StatesUSUSAU.S.A.mericaInstance of North American country, North American nationExamples Union, NorthPart of North AmericaParts Southern United States, Virginia, Northern United States, District of Columbia, Georgia, New England, New York, Alaska +65 moreMember of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organization of American StatesMembers American
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

I \I\ ([imac]), pron. [poss. My (m[imac]) or Mine (m[imac]n); object. Me (m[=e]). pl. nom. We (w[=e]); poss. Our (our) or Ours (ourz); object. Us ([u^]s).] [OE. i, ich, ic, AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih, G. ich, Icel. ek, Dan. jeg, Sw. jag, Goth. ik, OSlav. az', Russ. ia, W. i, L. ego, Gr. 'egw`, 'egw`n, Skr. aham. [root]179. Cf. Egoism.] The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself. [1913 Webster]
Us \Us\, pron. [OE. us, AS. ?s; akin to OFries. & OS. ?s, D. ons, G. uns, Icel. & Sw. oss, Dan. os, Goth. uns, L. nos we, us, Gr. ? we, Skr. nas us. ????. Cf. Nostrum, Our.] The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We. "Tell us a tale." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11. [1913 Webster]

We \We\ (w[=e]), pron.; pl. of I. [Poss. Our (our) or Ours (ourz); obj. Us ([u^]s). See I.] [As. w[=e]; akin to OS. w[imac], OFries. & LG. wi, D. wij, G. wir, Icel. v[=e]r, Sw. & Dan. vi, Goth. weis, Skr. vayam. [root]190.] The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressed by a verb. [1913 Webster]

Note: We is frequently used to express men in general, including the speaker. We is also often used by individuals, as authors, editors, etc., in speaking of themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun I. The plural style is also in use among kings and other sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John of England. Before that time, monarchs used the singular number in their edicts. The German and the French sovereigns followed the example of King John in a. d. 1200. [1913 Webster]

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