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noun substantive proper

noun substantive proper noun: synonym of proper noun.

Noun

noun substantive proper (plural nouns substantive proper)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of proper noun.
    • Q. What is a Noun Substantive Proper? A. That which is proper to the thing which it betokeneth. Q. Give an Example of a Noun Substantive Proper. A. Eduardus is my proper Name.1730, Charles Hoole, The Common Accidence Examined and Explained by Short Questions and Answers According to the very Words of the Book, Conducing very much to the Ease of the Teacher, and Benefit of...
    • The Name of any Thing or Being, or any Word in English, which will admit of a, an or the, before it, so as without any other Word to make Sense, is a Noun Substantive; if it is common to all of that Kind, it is a Noun Substantive Common; as Homo a Man, Angelus an Angel; but if it is proper to one...1759, a Clergyman, Who hath taught Grammar for twenty Years past: A Short Grammar, or Rudiments, of the Latin Tongue., London, page 4
    Synonyms:
    proper noun

Examples of noun substantive proper in a sentence

  • Whether is lignorum a noun substantive proper, or a noun substantive common?1876, Henry Barnard, English Pedagogy - Old and New: or, Education, the School and the Teacher, in English Literature. Second Series, Brown...
  • A noun substantive proper is the name of some particular person, place, or thing: as Thomas is my proper name.1780, Thomas Huntley, A grammar of the Latin Tongue …, p.7 (at books.google)

Synonyms of noun substantive proper

Forms of noun substantive proper

pluralnouns substantive proper

Questions about noun substantive proper

What does noun substantive proper mean?
Noun substantive proper means synonym of proper noun.
How do you use noun substantive proper in a sentence?
Whether is lignorum a noun substantive proper, or a noun substantive common?
What part of speech is noun substantive proper?
Noun substantive proper is a noun.
What is the plural of noun substantive proper?
The plural of noun substantive proper is nouns substantive proper.

Words near noun substantive proper in the dictionary

  1. noun of multitude
  2. noun of place
  3. noun phrase
  4. noun phrases
  5. noun substantive
  6. noun substantive proper
  7. noun-self pronoun
  8. noun-self pronouns
  9. nounal
  10. nounally
  11. nouned

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