Definition of appellation

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Appellation (n.) The act of calling by a name.

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Columbia :: Columbia (n.) America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer..
Neuter :: Neuter (a.) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender..
Slyboots :: Slyboots (n.) A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person..
Surnominal :: Surname (v. t.) To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.
Feminine :: Feminine (n.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix..
Appellative :: Appellative (n.) An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
Imperator :: Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor..
Name :: Name (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
Designation :: Designation (n.) That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
Saheb :: Saheb (n.) A respectful title or appellation given to Europeans of rank.
Jesus :: "Jesus (n.) The Savior; the name of the Son of God as announced by the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinction from Christ, his official appellation..
Name :: Name (n.) The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class..
Appellation :: Appellation (n.) The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.
Noun :: Noun (n.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive..
Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs..
Eternal :: Eternal (n.) One of the appellations of God.
Shrapnel :: Shrapnel (a.) Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
Madam :: Madam (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir..
Redskin :: Redskin (n.) A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin.
Symptom :: Symposium (n.) A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.
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