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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOUN, n. [altered from L. name.] In grammar, a name; that sound or combination of sounds by which a thing is called, whether material or immaterial. [See Name.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
2: the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English nowne, from Anglo-French nom, noun name, noun, from Latin nomen — more at name Date: 14th century any member of a class of words that typically can be combined with determiners to serve as the subject of a verb, can be interpreted as singular or plural, can be replaced with a pronoun, and refer to an entity, quality, state, action, or concept

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Gram. a word (other than a pronoun) or group of words used to name or identify any of a class of persons, places, or things (common noun), or a particular one of these (proper noun). Derivatives: nounal adj. Etymology: ME f. AF f. L nomen name

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Noun Noun, n. [OF. noun, nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L. nomen name. See Name.] (Gram.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive. Note: By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to substantives.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(nouns) A noun is a word such as 'car', 'love', or 'Anne' which is used to refer to a person or thing. N-COUNT see also collective noun, count noun, mass noun, proper noun, singular noun, uncount noun

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Substantive.