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pro·noun (prō′no̵un′)

noun

Gram. any of a small class of relationship or signal words that assume the functions of nouns within clauses or phrases while referring to other locutions within the sentence or in other sentences: I, you, them, it, ours, who, which, myself, anybody, etc. are pronouns

Etymology: altered (infl. by noun) < MFr pronom < L pronomen < pro, for + nomen, noun

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