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

To the root ud place as an appellative the Obs.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

In many instances a word meaning river or runner remained the proper name of one river, without ever rising to the dignity of an appellative.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

The only appellative for a river which I find derived from its sound is the Sanscrit nadi, Hind. nuddy, from nad, sonare.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

GEORGE'S, the name being suggested, in the first place, by the baptismal appellative of their virtual founder and Hon. Sec.,

From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes