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
It will be seen at a glance that such appellatives are rare, by comparison, in the present day.
From Project Gutenberg
A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas.
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Archer’s name is generally associated with it, but without taking that definite and appellative form it ought to.
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This appellative is one belonging to a sacred place of pilgrimage sacred to Ayonija, whose miraculous birth was thus brought about.
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