pronoun
[ proh-noun ]
/ ˈproʊˌnaʊn /
noun Grammar.
any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
Words nearby pronoun
pronghorn,
pronominal,
pronominalize,
pronormoblast,
pronotum,
pronoun,
pronounce,
pronounced,
pronouncement,
pronto,
pronuclear
Example sentences from the Web for pronoun
British Dictionary definitions for pronoun
pronoun
/ (ˈprəʊˌnaʊn) /
noun
one of a class of words that serves to replace a noun phrase that has already been or is about to be mentioned in the sentence or context
Abbreviation: pron
Word Origin for pronoun
C16: from Latin
prōnōmen, from
pro-
1 +
nōmen noun
Cultural definitions for pronoun
pronoun
A word that takes the place of a noun. She, herself, it, and this are examples of pronouns. If we substituted pronouns for the nouns in the sentence “Please give the present to Karen,” it would read “Please give it to her.”