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Appellation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPELLA'TION, n. [L. appellatio. See Appeal.]
Name; the word by which a thing is called and known. Spenser uses it for appeal.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others [syn: appellation, denomination, designation, appellative]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. an identifying name or title ; designation 2. archaic the act of calling by a name 3. a geographical name (as of a region, village, or vineyard) under which a winegrower is authorized to identify and market wine; also the area designated by such a name

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. formal a name or title; nomenclature. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L appellatio -onis (as APPEAL, -ATION)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Appellation Ap`pel*la"tion, n. [L. appellatio, fr. appellare: cf. F. appellation. See Appeal.] 1. The act of appealing; appeal. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. The act of calling by a name. 3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. --Hume. Syn: See Name.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(appellations) An appellation is a name or title that a person, place, or thing is given. (FORMAL) He earned the appellation 'rebel priest.' = epithet N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Appellative, name, title, epithet, cognomen, denomination, style, description, designation, descriptive term.

Moby Thesaurus

appellative, baptism, binomen, binomial name, byword, calling, christening, cognomen, cryptonym, definition, denomination, designation, empty title, epithet, eponym, euonym, handle, honorific, hyponym, identification, label, moniker, name, namesake, naming, nicknaming, nomen, nomen nudum, proper name, proper noun, scientific name, secret name, style, styling, tag, tautonym, terming, title, trinomen, trinomial name