noun substantive proper

== English == === Noun === noun substantive proper (plural nouns substantive proper) (grammar, archaic) Synonym of proper noun. 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): 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. 1780, Thomas Huntley, A grammar of the Latin Tongue [...], p.7 (at books.google): A noun substantive proper is the name of some particular person, place, or thing: as Thomas is my proper name.