noun substantive proper

plural nouns substantive proper

1. archaicgrammarSynonym of proper noun.

   A noun substantive proper is the name of some particular person, place, or thing: as Thomas is my proper name.

   1780, Thomas Huntley, A grammar of the Latin Tongue …, p.7 (at books.google)

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   Q. What is a Noun Substantive Proper? A. That which is proper to the thing which it betokeneth. Q. Give an Example of a Noun Substantive Proper. A. Eduardus is my proper Name.

   1730, Charles Hoole, The Common Accidence Examined and Explained by Short Questions and Answers According to the very Words of the Book, Conducing very much to the Ease of the Teacher, and Benefit of the Learner, London, lib.I. p.4

   The Name of any Thing or Being, or any Word in English, which will admit of a, an or the, before it, so as without any other Word to make Sense, is a Noun Substantive; if it is common to all of that Kind, it is a Noun Substantive Common; as Homo a Man, Angelus an Angel; but if it is proper to one, or to some of that Kind, it is a Noun Substantive proper, as Joannes, Gabriel.

   1759, a Clergyman, Who hath taught Grammar for twenty Years past: A Short Grammar, or Rudiments, of the Latin Tongue., London, page 4

   Whether is lignorum a noun substantive proper, or a noun substantive common? Lignorum is a noun substantive common because it is common to more sticks than one.

   1876, Henry Barnard, English Pedagogy - Old and New: or, Education, the School and the Teacher, in English Literature. Second Series, Brown & Gross, Hartfort, p.252 (at books.google)

   Synonyms: proper noun