Usually means: Referential expression needing prior mention.
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  2. anaphor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. anaphor: Collins English Dictionary
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  13. anaphor: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Anaphor: Lexicon of Linguistics

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noun:  (linguistics) An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.

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