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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun

Noun

(noun)
,
Noun.
[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.
☞ By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to substantives.

Webster 1828 Edition

Noun

NOUN

,
Noun.
[altered from L. name.] In grammar, a name; that sound or combination of sounds by which a thing is called, whether material or immaterial. [See Name.]

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