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APPELLATIVE

\ɐpˈɛlətˌɪv], \ɐpˈɛlətˌɪv], \ɐ_p_ˈɛ_l_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\

Definitions of APPELLATIVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
An appellation or title; a descriptive name.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
An appellation or title; a descriptive name.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A name common to all of the same kind, as distinguished from a proper name.
Common to many: general.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Common to many as a name.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Serving to designate or name, as common nouns.
A title; appellation; a common noun.
Appellatively.
Appellativeness.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Serving to name; common.
A common, as distinct from a proper name; a specific designation.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Pert. to a common name.
A common name as distinguished from a proper name.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. A common, as distinguished from a proper name.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A name common to all of the same kind or species; as man, horse.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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