An informal, often humorous name; a name that is either connected to the real name, the personality, the appearance or an anecdote.
The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
1 The cognomen was put last, and marked the family; as Cicero, Cæsar.
2 Every white dweller among the Indians is known by some special cognomen .
3 De Sade says that his name was Louis, without mentioning his cognomen .
4 Ther cognomen what I packs with me now is sure fantastical.
5 The humorous turn given by Lenaeus to Lutatius's cognomen is not very clear.
6 Unlearn him his own cognomen , - teach him another name,-toolate, too late.
7 My letter had appeared, signed Themistocles, his lordship's known political cognomen .
8 The cognomen of the loyal nephew with the Secesh uncle.
9 The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person.
10 But I am willing to know her by any cognomen that you may suggest.
11 Probably it was a corruption of his eastern cognomen .
12 All the refinement she had figured was ruined and defaced by that cognomen 's unavoidable vulgarity.
13 Singularly enough, his character fitted this cognomen rather well.
14 The cognomen , "Haunted Island," might not seem wholly inappropriate to a superstitious mind.
15 These were called the prænomen (forename), nomen (name), cognomen (surname), and agnomen (added name).
16 Name of Severina; I don't know her cognomen -
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