as a proper name
1Proper name — Name Name (n[=a]m), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[=o], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. o mona, Scr. n[=a]man. [root]267. Cf.… …
2proper name — index call (title) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3proper name — noun a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized • Syn: ↑proper noun • Ant: ↑common noun (for: ↑proper noun) • Hypernyms: ↑noun * * * …
4Proper name — A proper name [is] a word that answers the purpose of showing what thing it is that we are talking about writes John Stuart Mill in A System of Logic (1. ii. 5.), but not of telling anything about it . The problem of defining proper names, and of …
5proper name — noun a) A proper noun. b) A phrase that names a specific object. Syn: name …
6proper name — noun see proper noun …
7proper name — see proper noun …
8proper name — /prɒpə ˈneɪm/ (say propuh naym) noun → proper noun …
9proper name — The first or Christian name of a person. 38 Am J1st Name § 4 …
10proper name — first name …
