noun

Pronunciation:		nawn
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb [n] a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing

	See Also:	collective noun, common noun, content word, count noun, declension, major form class, mass noun, open-class word, proper name, proper noun, substantive

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Noun\, n. [OF. noun, nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L. nomen name. See {Name}.] (Gram.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive. Note: By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to substantives.