Definition of appellation

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Appellation (n.) The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.

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Metronymic :: Metronymic (a.) Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation..
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.
Appellative :: Appellative (n.) An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
Entitle :: Entitle (v. t.) To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book Commentaries; to entitle a man Honorable..
Goodman :: Goodman (n.) A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to My friend, Good sir, Mister; -- sometimes used ironically..
Immanuel :: Immanuel (n.) God with us; -- an appellation of the Christ.
Appellation :: Appellation (n.) The act of calling by a name.
Codger :: Codger (n.) A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation..
Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba..
Shrapnel :: Shrapnel (a.) Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
Name :: Name (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
Christ :: Christ (n.) The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah..
Name :: Name (n.) A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts..
Compellation :: Compellation (n.) Style of address or salutation; an appellation.
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..
Swan :: Swan (n.) Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon..
Untitled :: Untitled (a.) Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction..
Ma''am :: Ma'am (n.) Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation..
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..
Noun :: Noun (n.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive..
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