pronoun

IPA: prˈoʊnaʊn

(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.
(chiefly in the plural) Any of the pronouns by which a person prefers to be described, typically reflecting gender identity.

Examples of "pronoun" in Sentences

To me, that's one way to find out if a tutor knows a pronoun from the same word acting as an adjective.
The fixing of a key-speaker pronoun is the starting point for portraying perceptions and from this various narrative patterns take shape.
The formal pronoun is very, very common in Colombia, is used even among family members and when I was growing up, was almost the exclusive pronoun used.
A pronoun that connects an _adjective clause_ with a substantive is called a _relative pronoun_, and the substantive for which the relative pronoun stands is called its _antecedent_.
But in the second stanza, descriptive of the self (and where the first-person pronoun is first-introduced), these harmonies dissolve, and the poem becomes a syncopated lament, an untimely moan:
Finally, by means of the pupil's former knowledge of the subjective and pronoun functions, the teacher assures himself that the pupil appreciates clearly the _pronoun_ function of the word _who_.
When the word _ever_ or _soever_ is annexed to a relative pronoun, the combination is called a _compound pronoun_; as, _whoever_ or _whosoever, whichever_ or _whichsoever, whatever_ or _whatsoever_.
At the Faithworkers Branch of Unite annual general meeting some of my colleagues have reported stories of the retaliatory attacks in such circumstances. the clash between the singular subject and the plural reflexive pronoun is stunning.