cognomen
noun
a surname.
cognomens
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pluralof cognomen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Without these air-inflated cognomens, Jim and Marion Jordan might now be back in Peoria.
From Time Magazine Archive
This female principle goes by innumerable cognomens, inasmuch as every goddess, every nymph, and all women are identified with it.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Thomas Inman
At this time, too, a casual inquiry into some ancient cognomens, which have descended to us from remote antiquity, induced me to examine into ancient faiths generally.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman
We spent some time canvassing over the proposed cognomens, rejecting this one for one reason, that one for another reason.
From Fibble, D.D. by Tony Sarg
Thus much for the racial element in cognomens of States.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
