Grammatical objects (5)

I believe the answer is:

nouns

(Other definitions for nouns that I've seen before include "They refer to people, places and things" , "Some of them are proper" , "Words indicating names" , "Words referring to people, places or things" , "Words that can be the subject or object of a verb" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate.

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