English

Pronoun

all y'all

1. (chiefly US, dialect, Southern US) Plural form of you.
   • 1887, Thomas Nelson Page, In ole Virginia: or, Marse Chan, and other stories, page 160:

     Dyah dee come! Now watch 'em smile. All y'all jes stand back. Heah de one you lookin' for.

Usage notes

• All y'all is used in the Southern United States when a speaker wishes to include everyone being addressed. Y'all may refer to an indefinite set of members of a group, but all y'all definitively includes everyone in the group.

Synonyms

• see the list of other second-person pronouns in you

Related terms

• all y'all's (possessive)