metonomy

They have a word "mayno," which means a very quiet, law-abiding people; and this, by a kind of metonomy, may be a survival of Manteo.

Indians of North Carolina: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, in Response to a Senate Resolution of June 30, 1914, a Report on the Condition and Tribal Rights of the Indians of Robeson and Adjoining Counties of North Carolina O. M. McPherson 1915

We have seen white applied to a blackamoor by way of metonomy and red is also connected with black skins by way of fun.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Most of the examples Aristotle offers for types (i) to (iii) would not be regarded as metaphors in the modern sense; rather they would fall under the headings of metonomy or synecdoche.

Aristotle's Rhetoric Rapp, Christof 2002

Shiloh, therefore, can mean "rest" (Ruhe, K. W.), or "man of rest" or "giver of rest" by metonomy.

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

To make "peoples" by metonomy stand for "ancestors" (K. C.) is not necessary.

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

The name "Pharaoh" has been traced down by Egyptiologists to mean "great house" and is used by metonomy for him who has his seat in the great house or royal palace (K. W.).

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

(B D B), and by metonomy it takes into consideration all the descendants of one.

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

The name Enoch, Hebrew chanokh, signifies, "dedication" and so by metonomy may come to mean

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

This would bring his "gray hair" (sebhah -- by metonomy -- him as an aged man) with sorrow to the afterworld, i. e., to

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

The word "earth" must here by metonomy represent "the inhabitants of the earth."

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942