pronoun
noun /ˈprəʊnaʊn/
/ˈprəʊnaʊn/
(grammar)- a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, for example he, it, hers, me, them, etc.
- demonstrative/interrogative/possessive/relative pronouns
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- plural
- singular
- first-person
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from pro- ‘on behalf of’, + noun, suggested by French pronom, Latin pronomen (from pro- ‘for, in place of’ + nomen ‘name’).