cognomen

Example Sentences

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And people have continued to find it risibly apposite ever since - especially in conjunction with the equally commonplace cognomen, Will.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2015

Retief Goosen - “Goose” Our second cognomen derived from a last name, which should rank it lower on the list.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 16, 2013

Its most evocative cognomen is The Porchcrawler—one unhyphenated word, with the crunch of consonants enhancing its cinematic imagery.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2012

One Gladys Miller, a member of the treasury department of the B. & O., who acquired, in a recent beauty contest, the cognomen, "Miss Maryland," was trundled along upon a float.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Mavis of Green Hill by Baldwin, Faith