\We\ (w[=e]), pron.; pl. of I. [Poss. {Our} (our) or {Ours}
(ourz); obj. {Us} ([u^]s). See {I}.] [As. w[=e]; akin to OS.
w[=i], OFries. & LG. wi, D. wij, G. wir, Icel. v[=e]r, Sw. &
Dan. vi, Goth. weis, Skr. vayam. [root]190.]
The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first
person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing
denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the
subject of an action expressed by a verb.

Note: We is frequently used to express men in general,
      including the speaker. We is also often used by
      individuals, as authors, editors, etc., in speaking of
      themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism
      in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun I. The
      plural style is also in use among kings and other
      sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John
      of England. Before that time, monarchs used the
      singular number in their edicts. The German and the
      French sovereigns followed the example of King John in
      a. d. 1200.