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noun Grammar.
a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
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How to use predicate noun in a sentence
Some intransitive verbs require a predicate noun or pronoun in the nominative case, or an adjective, to complete their meaning.
Business English|Rose BuhligAs a predicate noun, completing a verb, and referring to or explaining the subject: "A bent twig makes a crooked tree."
An English Grammar|W. M. Baskervill and J. W. SewellA verb should agree in number with the subject, not with a predicate noun.
The Century Handbook of Writing|Garland Greever