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appellation
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Definition:a formal name, title or designation
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This was said with the same pleasure with which a bride is called "Madame" and her husband's name. Nevyedovsky affected to be not merely indifferent but scornful of this appellation, but it was obvious that he was highly delighted,
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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I expressed my uneasiness at his giving me so often the appellation of Yahoo, an odious animal, for which I had so utter a hatred and contempt
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
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affirming I had never heard the appellation of ‘Catherine Linton’ before, but reading it often over produced an impression which personified itself when I had no longer my imagination under control.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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the captain, evidently not understanding how anyone could decline so flattering an appellation, shrugged his shoulders
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman . Simon & Schuster
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