Associations to the word «Cognomen»

COGNOMEN, noun. Surname

COGNOMEN, noun. The third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome

COGNOMEN, noun. A nickname or epithet by which someone is identified; a byname; a moniker or sobriquet

COGNOMEN, 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"; "Henry's nickname was Slim".

COGNOMEN, noun. The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name).