appellative
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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
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 Robert Ferguson
Hence appellative words bearing any affinity with the names of the deceased are presently abolished.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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 Frederick Milnes Edge
After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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