Latin Grammar A noun that ‘increases’ in the genitive: see increase, v. 5. Obsolete.

Grammar. A word form which adheres to the usual morphological rules of a language; esp. a part of speech which follows the normal pattern of…

Grammar. Chiefly in the work of James Harris: a noun which denotes the agent of an action; = agent, n.1 1c. Cf. energy, n. 3c. Obsolete.

a noun (in English typically one ending in -er or -or) denoting someone or something that performs the action of a verb, as worker, accelerator, etc.

A noun of action; a word or phrase that functions as a noun of action.

A segolate noun.

a noun that denotes a class of objects; esp. one denoting any individual member of a class; a count noun (frequently opposed to material noun).

Grammar. A noun derived from the name of a country and denoting a native or inhabitant of that country. rare.

An agent noun; a word or phrase that functions as an agent noun.

In an inflected language: a word which shows alteration of case by a change to letters, esp. after a stem (see metaplasm, n.1 1).

a word that indicates agency or active force; esp. a word that denotes the doer of an action; = agent noun n.

a possessive noun used with of to postmodify a noun.

a noun formed from an adjective.

A noun used in apposition.

the noun which other words in a noun phrase qualify; a noun which is a head (sense 33b).

Linguistics. Viggo Brøndal's term for: the concept of substance, one of four concepts (along with descriptum, relator, and descriptor) which, in…

Grammar. A noun or noun phrase involved in the action expressed by a verb.

the name of a logical class, a general name; (Grammar) = class noun n.