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..
Eternal :: Eternal (n.) One of the appellations of God.
Surnamed :: Surname (n.) An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen.
Codger :: Codger (n.) A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory 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..
Puss :: Puss (n.) A cat; -- a fondling appellation.
Ma''am :: Ma'am (n.) Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation..
Untitled :: Untitled (a.) Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction..
Saheb :: Saheb (n.) A respectful title or appellation given to Europeans of rank.
Name :: Name (n.) A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts..
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.
Title :: Title (n.) A name; an appellation; a designation.
Appellation :: Appellation (n.) The act of appealing; appeal.
Croesus :: Croesus (n.) A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus..
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..
Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs..
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..
Goodman :: Goodman (n.) A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to My friend, Good sir, Mister; -- sometimes used ironically..
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..
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..
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