Pronoun
WordNet
noun
(1) A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
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Etymology
+ , modeled on < , itself a calque of .
Noun
- A type of noun that refers anaphorically to another noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. English examples include I, you, him, who, my, each other.