noun group
Grammar
noun
1The class of nouns.
2(In systemic grammar) = noun phrase.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in John Earle (1824–1903), philologist.
- proto-biface
- protobiont
- protobird
- protobranch
- protocanonical
- protocatechuic
- protocell
- protoceratops
- protocercal
- protocerebrum
- proto-chemist
- proto-chemistry
- protochlorophyll
- protochordate
- protocloud
- protocluster
- protocneme
- protococcal
- defectiveness
- defector
- defeminise
- defeminize
- defence
- Defence Force
- defence in depth