ou
noun/əʊ/
/əʊ/
(also oke)
(plural os, ouens
(South African English, informal)/ˈəʊənz/
/ˈəʊənz/
)- a man or a boyWord OriginAfrikaans, probably from Dutch ouwe ‘old man’.
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