Etymology

Noun

1. A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, internet etc.

   See: Wikipedia article on article in publishing

2. A member of a group or class

   an article of clothing

3. An object.

   a sales article

4. A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as en ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Finnish, Estonian).

   See: Wikipedia article on article in grammar

5. A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.
6. A person.
   • 1. A wench. A prime article. A handsome girl.

        She's a prime article (whip slang), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.