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Defenition of the word cognomen

    • Defenition of the word cognomen

      • An informal, often humorous name; a name that is either connected to the real name, the personality, the appearance or an anecdote.
      • a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"
      • the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
      • the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member''s given name)
      • a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person''s given name); "Joe''s mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry''s nickname was Slim"
      • a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

    Synonyms for the word cognomen

      • family name
      • last name
      • moniker
      • nickname
      • sobriquet
      • soubriquet
      • surname

    Hyponyms for the word cognomen

      • maiden name

    Hypernyms for the word cognomen

      • appellation
      • appellative
      • denomination
      • designation
      • name

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