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(n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Antonomasia'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/antonomasia.html. 1828.
 
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