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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Noun \Noun\ (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.
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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.
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WordNet Noun
n 1: a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or
thing
2: a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb