attributive noun

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Noun

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attributive noun (plural attributive nouns)

  1. (grammar) Synonym of noun adjunct (a noun that modifies another noun attributively)
    Synonyms: noun adjunct, noun modifier, noun premodifier, qualifying noun, apposite noun
  2. (grammar, when referring to a language other than English) A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.

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