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

In the distracted times of early revolution, any nickname, however vague, will fully answer a purpose, although neither those who are blackened by the odium, nor those who cast it, can define the hateful appellative.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

Such, however, is not the case, George being his only Christian appellative.

From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.

She had learned the tender German appellative from Fr�ulein.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

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 Lang, Andrew