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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cognomen \Cog*no"men\, n. [L.: co- + (g)nomen name.] 1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family. 2. (Eng. Law) A surname. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cognomen n 1: a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph" [syn: {nickname}, {moniker}, {sobriquet}, {soubriquet}] 2: the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) [syn: {surname}, {family name}, {last name}]
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