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noun

noun [ nown ] (plural nouns)


noun 
Definition:
 
naming word: a word or group of words used as the name of a class of people, places, or things, or of a specific person, place, or thing

[14th century. Via Anglo-Norman, "name, noun" < Old French nom< Latin nomen "name"]
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