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
With every proper name the etymological operation is by one degree more difficult than with an appellative....
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang
In the name of another lake in Russia, the Karduanskoi-ilmen, it seems to occur as an appellative.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Archer’s name is generally associated with it, but without taking that definite and appellative form it ought to.
