Definition;Pronoun

Pronoun (Noun)

 * 1) A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this).
 * 2) Any member of a small class of words that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, and what.