Usually means: Names of specific people, places.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word proper nouns:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. proper nouns: Merriam-Webster
  2. proper nouns: Collins English Dictionary
  3. proper nouns: Vocabulary.com
  4. proper nouns: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. proper nouns: Wiktionary
  6. Proper nouns: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. proper nouns: MyWord.info
  8. proper nouns: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Proper Nouns: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

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

(Note: See proper_noun as well.)

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.
▸ Also see proper_noun


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