Noun

A noun is a word used to describe a person, place or thing (like events or ideas). Some examples are:

A person	professor, student, nurse, Paul, Dr. Smith, Mr. White
an animal	elephant, horse, bird, duck, dog
a place	city, province, state, Canada, Mexico, Miami
a thing	appple, chair, watch, plane, plant
an event or activity	a trip, a party, lunch, Christmas
an idea or concept	democracy, humour, time, love

Nouns in English do NOT have a gender (masculine or feminine). Nouns DO use numbers to indicate one (singular) or many (plural). There are nouns that are "countable" and "non-countable."

The man works at the store.

The elections for president were this year.