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Synonyms for appellation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ap-uh-ley-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌæp əˈleɪ ʃən |
Définition of appellation
Origin :- late 15c., "action of appealing" (to a higher authority), from Old French apelacion (13c.), from Latin appellationem (nominative appellatio) "an addressing, accosting; an appeal; a name, title," noun of action from past participle stem of appellare (see appeal). Meaning "designation, name given to a person, thing, or class" is from mid-15c., from a sense also found in Middle French appeler.
- noun name
- This youth was named Cooper, and was never called by any other appellation in the ship.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The more I study the greater I think is its claim to the appellation of divine.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- I know that Pheidias is a sculptor, and that Homer is a poet; but what appellation is given to Protagoras?
- Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato
- By Hera, Socrates, if ever any one deserved the appellation "beautiful and good," you are that man!
- Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon
- More than ever the lad felt his appellation of The Wolf was well deserved.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- Chao Mêng-fu—known also under the appellation of Tzuŭ-ang—was born in 1254.
- Extract from : « Chinese Painters » by Raphael Petrucci
- Any appellation preceded by the adjective theoretical fitted them snugly.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- Portrait of Utenbogaerd, known under the appellation of the "Gold Weigher."
- Extract from : « Rembrandt and His Works » by John Burnet
- Sanchez smiled ruefully, as he had once before, at Jan's appellation for the community.
- Extract from : « Wind » by Charles Louis Fontenay
- In my present humour I was far from disputing the appellation.
- Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
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