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cognomen

noun as in name

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The question has frequently been asked who was intended by the cognomen Saint Gris?

The survivor was named "Hoyle" (a cognomen for our old friend Hurley) and his doings gave us a new fund of entertainment.

By adopting the cognomen of Habrodiaitos, or high-liver, he brought upon himself the nickname of Rhabdodiaitos, or brush-man.

He has been called a Sphinx, and well deserves the cognomen, for no man shows less upon his face the emotions of his heart.

He writes under a slightly more suitable cognomen, but I have been unable, in our brief acquaintance, to drag it from him.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cognomen, such as: epithet, handle, moniker, nickname, surname, and title.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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