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Without these air-inflated cognomens, Jim and Marion Jordan might now be back in Peoria.

From Time Magazine Archive

The name of this festival is derived from one of the cognomens of Ceres—the goddess "who first gave laws and made life orderly."

From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Gamble, Eliza Burt

The names Dakota and Sioux are used as synonyms and the English significance instead of the Indian cognomens.

From Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas by Creswell, R. J.

I'm giving you straight tips on the cognomens.

From Whirligigs by Henry, O.

The colonel had given these men names to suit himself, and they were proud of their cognomens.

From Brother Against Brother The War on the Border by Optic, Oliver