appellative
Example Sentences
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Now a taxidermied water buffalo head — the ox — watches from above the bar, while the appellative bull is represented across from it in gleaming metal.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Hence appellative words bearing any affinity with the names of the deceased are presently abolished.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
The Jains use the term with preference as an appellative of Vardhamāna whom they revere as their Buddha.—48.
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Paul Carus
We had not yet shown ourselves, and Wabberley continued shouting, sometimes, "Ahoy!" sometimes my name, always prefixing the respectful appellative "master," and not calling me plain "Brent," as Hoggett had done.
From Palm Tree Island by Herbert Strang
In referring to the root ark, erk, I have omitted the Ir. earc, water, the appellative most nearly concerned.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
