Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A surname; a name given by way of distinction: as, Alexander the Great.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A cognomen or surname.
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- noun A
cognomen ,surname
Etymologies
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Latin cognominatio.
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Examples
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(The following sketch is by the author of "Swallowing an Oyster Alive!" and was originally published in the St. Louis "Reveille.") This celebrated gentleman is a recognized "hoss" certainly; and, we are told, rejoices as much at his cognomination, as he did at his nomination for the chair gubernatorial, last election.
The Camp Jester, or, Amusement for the Mess. No Author 1864
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-- Co is used before vowels, h silent, and English words generally; con before l, m, r, changes n into these letters: becomes com before b, p, and even cog before n in cognomination, cognation, with cognition and words of the same root.
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