Usually means: Grammatical form addressing or summoning.
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  2. vocative case: Wiktionary
  3. vocative case: Dictionary.com
  4. Vocative case: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. vocative case: Rhymezone
  6. vocative case: FreeDictionary.org
  7. vocative case: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. vocative case: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. vocative case: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (vocative case)

noun:  (grammar) case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address e.g.: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi-Urdu, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Ruthenian/Rusyn, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tamil and Ukrainian.

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