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Common noun - 2 dictionary results

common noun

–noun Grammar.
a noun that may be preceded by an article or other limiting modifier and that denotes any or all of a class of entities and not an individual, as man, city, horse, music.
Also called common name.
Compare proper noun.


Origin:
1860–65
common noun  
n.  A noun, such as book or dog, that can be preceded by the definite article and that represents one or all of the members of a class.
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