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cognomen

8 letters · 6 distinct letters

  1. noun

    a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

    Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph

  2. noun

    the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

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