( a. )
Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
( a. )
Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012