appellative
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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
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
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
It is however replaced in the New Testament by an appellative.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
Again—there are forms such as ang, amb, and, &c., which are merely a strengthening of the roots ag, ab, ad, or at, and which also are found in a number of appellative forms.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
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