Meaning Antonomasy
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AntonomasySee: Antonomasia.
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AntonomasyThe use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. [..]
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Antonomasy
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{{Webster 1913}}
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