[we] pron, pl in constr [ME, fr. OE we; akin to OHG wir we, Skt vayam] (bef. 12c) 1: I and the rest of a group that includes me: you and I: you and I and another or others: I and another or others not including you--used as pronoun of the first person plural--compare i, our, ours, us
2: [1]i--used by sovereigns--used by writers to keep an impersonal character