Usually means: Names specific people, places, things.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word proper noun:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. proper noun: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. proper noun: Merriam-Webster
  3. proper noun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. proper noun: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. proper noun: Collins English Dictionary
  6. proper noun: Vocabulary.com
  7. proper noun: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. proper-noun, proper noun: Wiktionary
  9. proper noun: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. proper noun: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Proper noun, proper noun: Dictionary.com
  12. Proper noun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. proper noun: Rhymezone
  14. proper noun: MyWord.info
  15. proper noun: FreeDictionary.org
  16. proper noun: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. proper noun: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)
  2. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proper noun: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proper noun: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (proper noun)

noun:  (grammar) A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.

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