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autonomasy |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Autonomasy \Au`to*nom"a*sy\, n. [Auto- + Gr ? a name fr ? a name or for E. antonomasia.] (Rhet.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing as ``He has gone to town,'' for ``He has gone to London.''
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