Definition of "ourself" in English

pronoun

1. (reflexive pronoun) 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).

   • In the present study, we will limit ourself to the simplest of cases.

2. (reflexive pronoun) The reflexive of the generic we: oneself.

   • We should love our neighbor as ourself.

3. (colloquial) Reflexive of "we" referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care.

   • Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage to wash ourself this morning?
   • Well done Timmy! Did we make that model ourself?

4. (African-American Vernacular) The reflexive of we: ourselves.