pronoun
UK /ˈpɹəʊ.naʊn/US /ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/
noun2
- A part of speech that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.
- The possessive conjunctive pronoun is always repeated before a substantive, and after a conjunction; as my brothers and sisters, mes frères & mes soeurs; […] — 1789
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