Pronoun

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(Gram.) A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they.

Noun

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pronoun - a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase

anaphoric pronoun, closed-class word, demonstrative, demonstrative pronoun, function word, personal pronoun, reciprocal pronoun, relative pronoun