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

Subsequently, this name of office was applied to created angels and to men employed, and because they were employed, as messengers; and it finally came to be used as a personal appellative.

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar

Why Mister Gallagher, where did you learn that respectful appellative?

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne

In referring to the root ark, erk, I have omitted the Ir. earc, water, the appellative most nearly concerned.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

To the root ud place as an appellative the Obs.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert