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common nouns

common nouns is the plural of common noun.

Meaning of common noun

Noun

common noun (plural common nouns)

  1. A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.
    • The Butlers had been serving the Fowls for centuries. It had always been that way. Indeed, there were several eminent linguists of the opinion that this was how the common noun had originated.2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 15

Questions about common nouns

What is common nouns the plural of?
Common nouns is the plural of common noun.

Words near common nouns in the dictionary

  1. common nightingale
  2. common nightingales
  3. common noctule
  4. common noctules
  5. common noun
  6. common nouns
  7. Common Oceanian
  8. common octopi
  9. common octopus
  10. common octopuses
  11. common of shack

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