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vocative
adjective
Gram. designating, of, or in the case of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives used in direct address to indicate the person or thing addressed
noun
- the vocative case: this case is expressed by a change in form in languages such as Latin and by word order and intonation in English (Ex.: Latin “Tite” for “Titus”; English “Bill” in “Bill, don't do that!”)
- a word or phrase in this case
Related Forms:
- vocatively adverb
See vocative in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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