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
That cognomen came from a mistranslation of the Russian word grozny, which means something closer to "awe inspiring."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Robert Emmett Barrett was the soothing and patriotic cognomen my father fastened upon me when I first opened my eyes and I looked him squarely in the face.
From Treading the Narrow Way by Barrett, R. E.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.