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pronoun
CIDE DICTIONARY
pronoun, n. [Pref. pro- + noun: cf. F. pronom, L. pronomen. See Noun.].
A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pronoun, n. a word used instead of and to indicate a noun already mentioned or known, esp. to avoid repetition (e.g. we, their, this, ourselves).
Etymology
PRO-(1), + NOUN, after F pronom, L pronomen (as PRO-(1), nomen name)
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