pronoun

pronoun
noun
  1. a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this)
    代词(指话语参与者,如I,you等,也指话语他处提到的人或事,如she,it,this等)
语源
  1. late Middle English: from pro- 'on behalf of', + noun, suggested by French pronom, Latin pronomen (from pro- 'for, in place of' + nomen 'name')
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