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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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..
Paleface :: Paleface (n.) A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians.
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..
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..
Name :: Name (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
Saheb :: Saheb (n.) A respectful title or appellation given to Europeans of rank.
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..
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..
Codger :: Codger (n.) A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation..
Surnominal :: Surname (v. t.) To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.
Calling :: Calling (n.) Title; appellation; name.
Eternal :: Eternal (n.) One of the appellations of God.
Sobriquet :: Sobriquet (n.) An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.
Nominal :: Nominal (n.) A name; an appellation.
Untitled :: Untitled (a.) Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction..
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..
Appellation :: Appellation (n.) The act of calling by a name.
Goodman :: Goodman (n.) A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to My friend, Good sir, Mister; -- sometimes used ironically..
Christ :: Christ (n.) The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah..
Metronymic :: Metronymic (a.) Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation..
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