a word that names or labels a specific, unique representative of a category designated by a basic noun
a word whose sole purpose is to denote an individual thing
A typical Bioware format name. Capitalized, no phrases. Examples: Chair Elric the Bold Short Sword Robe of the Archmage
(of a class symbol that names the class whose name is that symbol. See the functions class-name and find-class.
"A proper name [is] a word that answers the purpose of showing what thing it is that we are talking about" writes John Stuart Mill in A System of Logic (1. ii. 5.), "but not of telling anything about it". The problem of defining proper names, and of explaining their meaning, is one of the most recalcitrant in modern philosophy.