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Noun substantive

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(Gram.)

a noun which designates an object, material or immaterial; a substantive.

See also: Substantive

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B-o-t, bot, t-i-n, tin, bottin, n-e-y, ney, bottinney, noun substantive, a knowledge of plants.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context

However, I felt like a schoolmaster amidst children, and persisted, and presently I had a score of noun substantives at least at my command; and then I got to demonstrative pronouns, and even the verb "to eat.

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