"o'" meaning in English

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Preposition

IPA: /ə/, /oʊ/ [US, deliberate] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-o'.wav [Southern-England] Forms: o’ [canonical]
Rhymes: -ə, -oʊ Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=o’}} o’, {{en-prep|head=o’}} o’
  1. (unstressed) Contraction of of. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, unstressed Alternative form of: of
    Sense id: en-o'-en-prep-k~DQ~tUW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 50 50
  2. (obsolete, unstressed) Contraction of on. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete, unstressed Alternative form of: on
    Sense id: en-o'-en-prep-VmaMf5uG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English prepositions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: o, a
Derived forms: back o’ Bourke, Besses o' th' Barn, Brig o' Turk, cat-o’-nine-tails, come-o'-will, gottle o' geer, hop-o'-my-thumb, Jack o' the clock, jack-o’-lantern, John o’ Groats, Land o' Cakes, light-o'-love, man-o'-war suit, man-o’-war, o’clock, Peep o' Day Boy, rickle o' banes, run-o’-the-mill, Tom o' Bedlam, will o' the wisp, will-o’-the-wisp

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Besses o' th' Barn"
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