| distributive pronoun |
| Definition: A pronoun — such as each or either — that references members of a group separately instead of collectively. |
| Example: To each his own. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: The term's first citation is from 1824: "The distributive adjective pronouns, each, every, either, agree with the nouns … and verbs, of the singular number only." (L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 247) |